Parts from the Balfour Lecocq Tower Box purifier at Bow Common Gas Works

Parts from the Balfour Lecocq Tower Box purifier at Bow Common Gas Works, demolished c.Sept 1976.

Details

Category:
Gas Industry
Object Number:
1976-636
type:
purifier, parts
credit:
McSweeney, Smallman and Co.

Parts

Two cast aluminium manufacturer's nameplates from a Balfour-Lecocq Tower Box Purifier

Two cast aluminium manufacturer's nameplates from a Balfour-Lecocq Tower Box Purifier

Two cast aluminium manufacturer's nameplates from a Balfour-Lecocq Tower Box Purifier.

Measurements:
overall: 420 mm x 1330 mm x 50 mm,
Object Number:
1976-636 Pt1
type:
nameplate
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Slatted wooden tray as used to support the iron oxide in a Balfour-Lecocq Tower Box Purifier

Slatted wooden tray as used to support the iron oxide in a Balfour-Lecocq Tower Box Purifier

Slatted wooden tray as used to support the iron oxide in a Balfour-Lecocq Tower Box Purifier.

Measurements:
overall: 680 mm x 1450 mm x 80 mm,
Object Number:
1976-636 Pt2
type:
iron oxide trays
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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