Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

Brass worksplate no 517, Manning Wardle & Co

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Locomotive worksplate, "Manning Wardle & Co No 517 BEM Leeds 1875", cast brass, oval, ex Class M 0-6-0ST "Stanley", built March 1875 for Scott & Edwards, Melmerby, contractors to the Brading-Bembridge Branch, Isle of Wight, worked Bembridge Branch under contract to Isle of Wight Railway until October 1898 when renamed "Bembridge", sold to War Department July 1916 and transferred to Fouant Military Railway, Wiltshire, scrapped 1920.

Details

Category:
Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
Object Number:
1978-8261
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
6.1811 x 11.0236 in.; 157 x 280 mm
type:
works plate
credit:
British Rail, Historical Relics