Model of a Tunnel boring machine

Made:
circa 1880 in England
inventor:
Thomas English

Tunnel boring machine, model, scale 1:8, patented by Thomas English No.4347, 1880, and components. Machine used by Col. Beaumont in Channel Tunnel heading.

Details

Category:
Civil Engineering
Object Number:
1908-40
Measurements:
overall: 13.4252 x 10.6299 x 52.4803 in.; 341 x 270 x 1333 mm
type:
tunnelling machine
credit:
Channel Holdings plc

Parts

Model of tunnel boring machine

Model of tunnel boring machine

Tunnel boring machine, model, scale 1:8. Patent Thomas English No.4347, 1880

Object Number:
1908-40 Pt1
type:
models