Early compound beam engine

Made:: 1860

maker:: Horn, Thomas

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Compound Condensing Beam Engine 8" & 16" diam. x 17 7/8" & 26" stroke respectively, boiler feed pumps with plunger and Spare engine piston ring and parcel of small spare parts, by Thomas Horn, Engineer, Westminster, London, England, 1860 used at Ifield Sussex

Details

Category:: Motive Power

Object Number:: 1928-1077

type:: steam engine - engine

taxonomy:

furnishing and equipment
tools & equipment
engine - power producing equipment

credit:: Newcomen Society

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