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
- Measurements:
-
overall: 1780 mm x 2520 mm x 3420 mm, 12000 kg
- 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
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
Folding Machine for Victory-Kidder rotary printing press
Folding machine for the 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.
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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.
- Measurements:
-
overall: 2100 mm x 2740 mm x 130 mm,
- Object Number:
- 1978-89 Pt4
- type:
- printing presses and rotary presses
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:
- components
Component for Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press
Metal component 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:
- components
- 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.
- Measurements:
-
overall (2 of 2): 290 mm x 510 mm x 510 mm,
overall (1 of 2): 480 mm x 480 mm x 690 mm,
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- 1978-89/6
- type:
- components
Metal Components for Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press
Metal components for the Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press, including metal pot.
- Measurements:
-
overall (estimate): 480 mm x 1180 mm x 1080 mm,
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- 1978-89/7
- type:
- components
Crate with Metal Components for Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press
Crate with metal components for the Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press, including metal plates, rollers, and type metal buckets.
10 Rollers and 1 Cog for Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press
10 rollers and 1 long cog for the Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press.
Metal Components for Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press
Various metal components for the Victory-Kidder Rotary Printing Press, including: 2 archival boxes with metal accessories, gears and cogs, two metal structure parts, and bucket of metal bits.
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