Watt's Pumping Engine 'Old Bess', 1777
- Made:
- 1777 (original); 1894 (model) in England
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Working model, scale 1:12, of the "Old Bess" pumping engine by James Watt, and erected at Matthew Boulton's Soho Manufactory, Handsworth, Birmingham, 1777.
This model, which has been constructed from the data given by the exist-ing portions of the engine, together with those on two early drawings, shows the general arrangement of the engine erected at Boulton's manufactory at Soho in 1777.
Details
- Category:
- Motive Power
- Object Number:
- 1894-151
- Measurements:
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overall (estimate): 1980 x 1420 x 650 mm
- type:
- models, pumping engines and steam engines
