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

working model of an 1858 Beam Engine

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.

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