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dress circle

upper circle

in the middle of the gallery seats

over in the corner is the socket in the grid

motor

wall socket

stalls socket and pipe

up through the stalls ceiling

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through the wall is under the auditorium floor

name plate

the motor I have managed to clean the plate on the motor , sufficently to read , that it was manufactured by Brook Motors Ltd Huddersfield. Which is in Yorkshire , in the north east of England . There isn't a live power feed near the machine , but I did turn it by hand , and from the sound of...

further information The switch box on the wall to the right of the machinery , is the only means of activating the vacuum . someone had to go down there and switch it on , and again to switch it off . There are no locks on any of the inlets . I don't know what the steering wheel thing is ...

the grid over at the back near the wall , where the ends of the wooden joists are visible .you can make out about a foot of protruding pipe , this is where the branch from the upper circle terminates , and where the inlet is situated . the floor beneath it was removed in 1950 , to install the...

upper circle the pipe comes up through the upper circle floor , the inlet being just above floor level . the pipe continues upward through the ceiling to the gallery , but there is a branch pipe to the left , that goes up to the grid , which is the highest part of the theatre , above the stage .