Sectioned working model, showing a side-lever marine engine

Made:: 1840; 1898 in United Kingdom and South Kensington

maker:: South Kensington Museum (workshops)

Sectioned working model, scale 1:8, showing a side-lever marine engine (c.1840), fitted into a sea-going paddle steamer, with sectioned paddle wheel and pistons, partially by unknown maker, British, 1840, and valve gear, parallel motion levels and paddle wheel made in South Kensington Museum (workshops), South Kensington, London, England, 1898

Details

Category:: Marine Engines

Object Number:: 1868-39

Materials:: wood (unidentified), brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal) and paint

Measurements:: includes paddle wheel: 895 mm x 1240 mm x 840 mm,

type:: model - representation

credit:: Institution of Civil Engineers

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Suspended support for motion levers from side-lever marine engine (1840) made by South Kensington Museum (workshops)

Suspended support for motion levers from side-lever marine engine (1840) made by South Kensington Museum (workshops), South Kensington, London, England, 1898