Swash plate engine, Dover Docks
- maker:
- G Messenger
Swash plate engine, horizontal, two cylinder high-speed engine of novel and unorthodox design, believed to have been the work of G. Messenger, Superintendent of Marine Engineering to the London, Chatham and Dover Railway prior to 1899, originally used in Dover Docks.
Details
- Category:
- Stationary Engines
- Object Number:
- 1988-7026
- Measurements:
-
32 x 11 x 15 in.; 812.8 x 279.4 x 381 mm
- type:
- engine
- credit:
- British Rail, Historical Relics