Boring box
Boring box used with Victory-Kidder rotary printing press 1869
Victory-Kidder rotary printing press, built by Victory Web Printing Machine Company, Liverpool, 1869. The press was used by the Liverpool Daily Post until 1884, when it was acquired by the Wigan Observer.
The development from the late 1860s of rotary printing machines with integral folding machines enabled newspapers to be produced more quickly and cheaply than before. This machine was made by the Victory Printing and Folding Machine Manufacturing Co. in 1870 for the Liverpool Daily Post. It passed to the Wigan Observer in 1884 and continued to print that newspaper until January 1966, by which time it had produced 43,747 editions, somewhere in the region of a million copies. In 1905 the original folding machine was removed (the saw cuts can be seen on the left) and replaced by one of larger capacity, not shown here.
Details
- Category:
- Printing & Writing
- Object Number:
- 1978-89
- type:
- printing presses and rotary presses
- credit:
- Merseyside County Museums
Parts
Victory-Kidder printing press, 1869
Victory-Kidder rotary printing press 1869
- Object Number:
- 1978-89 Pt1
- type:
- printing press
Reel of paper for Victory Kidder Rotary Printing Press
Reel of paper for Victory Kidder Rotary Printing Press 1869
Casting box used with Victory-Kidder printing press
Casting box used with Victory-Kidder rotary printing press 1869
8 Plates for Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press
8 Plates for Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press 1869
- Object Number:
- 1978-89 Pt3
- type:
- printing plate
Planning box used with rotary printing press
Planning box used with Victory-Kidder rotary printing press 1869
Wet flong press used with rotary printing press
Wet flong press used with Victory-Kidder rotary printing press 1869
Metal Component and Pot for Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press
Metal component and pot used with Victory-Kidder rotary printing press 1869
- Measurements:
-
overall: 378 mm x 1080 mm x 1080 mm,
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- 1978-89/5
- type:
- componants
Component for Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press
Metal compontent used with Victory-Kidder rotary printing press 1869
- Measurements:
-
overall: 370 mm x 1080 mm x 1080 mm,
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- 1978-89/5/1
- type:
- componants
- Part of:
- 1978-89/5
Metal Pot for Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press
Metal pot used with Victory-Kidder rotary printing press 1869
- Measurements:
-
overall: 360 mm x 600 mm x 600 mm,
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- 1978-89/5/2
- type:
- pot
- Part of:
- 1978-89/5
Metal Components for Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press
Two wheeled components for the Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press. One with shaft and cog.
Metal Components for Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press
Metal components for the Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press, including metal pot.
