Model hydraulic pumping engine

Made:: 1899 in Elswick and Newcastle upon Tyne

maker:: Armstrong, Whitworth and Company

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Model (scale 1:8) of pumping engine for hydraulic pressure, by Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd., Newcastle, 1899

This is a simple horizontal rotative steam pumping engine for hydraulic power transmission. A single steam cylinder drives a plunger pump and a pair of heavy flywheels via twin connectin rods. Sir William Armstrong was a pioneer of hydraulic machinery, and his company manufactured considerable numbers of engines like this, before the widespread availability of electricity distribution grids.

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Category:: Pumping Machinery

Object Number:: 1899-76

type:: pumping engine

credit:: Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth and Co.

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