S.S. ‘Great Britain’ 1:12 cut-away model

Made:
1843 in United Kingdom
maker:
Unknown

Cut-away model, scale 1:12, of the screw engine of the S.S. ‘Great Britain’ original designed by I. K. Brunel, and two wooden components, unsigned, British, 1839-1862

Model of the screw engine of the S. S. ''Great Britain"

Model of the screw engine of the S. S. ''Great Britain"

1843
Two wooden components associated with the cut-away model of the S.S. ‘Great Britain’

Two wooden components associated with the cut-away model of the S.S. ‘Great Britain’

1843

Details

Category:
Marine Engines
Object Number:
1862-34
Materials:
aluminium, brass, glass, iron, paint and wood (unknown)
Measurements:
overall: 940 mm x 1280 mm x 970 mm,
type:
model - representation
credit:
Messrs. Gibbs, Bright & Co.

Related Objects

Working model, scale 1:24, of the screw engines for the U.S. turret ship 'Monitor' (1862), driven by a crank, on wood slats, patented and made by John Ericsson, New York, United States of America, 1853-1858

Model of the screw engines for the U.S. turret ship 'Monitor'
Wooden model of direct-acting paddle-wheel engine, Joseph Miller's patent

Model of direct-acting paddle-wheel engine
Water circulator, or 'hydrokineter', on wood base, designed to promote circulation in boilers so steam can be raised without straining machinery, by G and J Weir, G. & J. Weir and Co Ltd, Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland, 1890

Model of a 'Hydrokineter' or water circulator
Framed photograph of contemporary diagram, used to illustrate the principle of James Rumsey's water-jet steamboat (1787)

Framed photograph of contemporary diagram of the principle of James Rumsey's water-jet steamboat

Framed photograph of Robert Fulton's original design for steamboat
Framed photograph of contemporary drawing by J.B. Marestier showing engine and paddlewheels of P.S. "Savannah" (1818)

Framed photograph of contemporary drawing showing engine and paddlewheels of P.S. 'Savannah' (J. B. Marestier)