Working model of a walk-in butchers' cold storage room

Made:
1940-1949

Working model of a walk-in butchers' cold storage room, built by a John McCreesh, a refrigeration engineer and submitted to the 1948 Model Engineering Exhibition where it won two medals.

Details

Category:
Heating, Cooling and Ventilation
Object Number:
2006-143
Materials:
metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
Measurements:
length 750mm
width 510mm
height 400mm
weight 22kg
type:
model
credit:
Mrs Valerie Humphreys

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