Original vacuum pump

Made:
1901
Original vacuum pump

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Original vacuum pump, "Puffing Billy", from the first vacuum cleaner ever made, 1901

Details

Category:
Domestic Appliances
Object Number:
1958-200
Measurements:
overall: 1100 mm x 510 mm x 550 mm,
type:
pump
credit:
British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Company