Beam engine for powering workshops, scale 1:8, as it was in 1858

Made:
1858 (original) in England and London
maker:
Bryan Donkin and Company and Science Museum, Workshops
working model of an 1858 Beam Engine

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working model of an 1858 Beam Engine
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working model of an 1858 Beam Engine, made from drawings in the Model Engineer (1914)

Details

Category:
Motive Power
Object Number:
1961-152
Materials:
steel, copper, brass, wooden base and cylinder and paint
Measurements:
overall (inc. base): 650 mm x 665 mm x 460 mm, ,
type:
beam engines and model (representations)
credit:
Pugh Smith, P.