Wood Newspaper Printing Press

Made:
circa 1934 in unknown
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Wood newspaper printing press, ex Northcliffe House, home of the Daily Mail and Evening News (1927-1987), with set of drawings.

The Woods Printing Press was previously housed in the grade II listed building Northcliffe House, London, which made up part of the infamous Fleet Street. It was used to print the Daily Mail and Evening News between 1935 and 1987. used to print the Daily Mail and Evening News between 1935 – 1987, printing over 2,000,000,000 newspaper copies over its lifetime.

The press is made of three tiers. The lower tier was located in the basement of Northcliffe House and consisted of the magazine reels and the large electrical motor. The remainder of the press was above ground. The middle tier is where the printing and folding units were placed with a walkway around the outside. The upper tier was similar to the middle with the main difference being it had less printing units and more rollers which were used to separate out the paper web as it was printed. This was required as the press printed the papers double sided, continuously and very fast with the capability to print 576,000 12 page newspapers an hour.

Details

Category:
Printing & Writing
Object Number:
2001-641
Measurements:
: 255.9055 x 141.7323 x 334.6457 in.; 6.5 x 3.6 x 8.5 m
type:
newspaper printing press
credit:
Hilstone Midtown plc

Parts

Subsystem 1 - fefete

Subsystem 1 - fefete

Subsystem 1 - fefete

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The Woods Printing Press was previously housed in the grade II listed building Northcliffe House, London, which made up part of the infamous Fleet Street. It was used to print the Daily Mail and Evening News between 1935 and 1987. used to print the Daily Mail and Evening News between 1935 – 1987, printing over 2,000,000,000 newspaper copies over its lifetime.

The press is made of three tiers. The lower tier was located in the basement of Northcliffe House and consisted of the magazine reels and the large electrical motor. The remainder of the press was above ground. The middle tier is where the printing and folding units were placed with a walkway around the outside. The upper tier was similar to the middle with the main difference being it had less printing units and more rollers which were used to separate out the paper web as it was printed. This was required as the press printed the papers double sided, continuously and very fast with the capability to print 576,000 12 page newspapers an hour.

Measurements:
9.5 x 5.0 x 9.3 m
Object Number:
2001-641 Pt1
type:
newspaper printing press
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Components for Newspaper Printing Press

Components for Newspaper Printing Press

Pallet of components for Newspaper Printing Press including lubricators, control panels, and pipework.

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The Woods Printing Press was previously housed in the grade II listed building Northcliffe House, London, which made up part of the infamous Fleet Street. It was used to print the Daily Mail and Evening News between 1935 and 1987. used to print the Daily Mail and Evening News between 1935 – 1987, printing over 2,000,000,000 newspaper copies over its lifetime.

The press is made of three tiers. The lower tier was located in the basement of Northcliffe House and consisted of the magazine reels and the large electrical motor. The remainder of the press was above ground. The middle tier is where the printing and folding units were placed with a walkway around the outside. The upper tier was similar to the middle with the main difference being it had less printing units and more rollers which were used to separate out the paper web as it was printed. This was required as the press printed the papers double sided, continuously and very fast with the capability to print 576,000 12 page newspapers an hour.

Measurements:
overall: 273 mm x 1480 mm x 1450 mm,
Object Number:
2001-641 Pt4
type:
components
Plaques from Wood Newspaper Printing Press

Plaques from Wood Newspaper Printing Press

Collection of plaques mounted on board originally from the Wood newspaper printing press, ex Northcliffe House, home of the Daily Mail and Evening News (1927-1987).

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The Woods Printing Press was previously housed in the grade II listed building Northcliffe House, London, which made up part of the infamous Fleet Street. It was used to print the Daily Mail and Evening News between 1935 and 1987. used to print the Daily Mail and Evening News between 1935 – 1987, printing over 2,000,000,000 newspaper copies over its lifetime.

The press is made of three tiers. The lower tier was located in the basement of Northcliffe House and consisted of the magazine reels and the large electrical motor. The remainder of the press was above ground. The middle tier is where the printing and folding units were placed with a walkway around the outside. The upper tier was similar to the middle with the main difference being it had less printing units and more rollers which were used to separate out the paper web as it was printed. This was required as the press printed the papers double sided, continuously and very fast with the capability to print 576,000 12 page newspapers an hour.

Measurements:
overall: 16 mm x 833 mm x 156 mm,
Object Number:
2001-641 Pt5
type:
newspaper printing press
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The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum