Turbo-Alternator Model
- Made:
- 1952-1955 in United Kingdom
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Model of an English Electric Company three-cylinder steam turbo-alternator, which was installed at Bromborough Power Station, Merseyside. Original turbo-alternator installed 1952-1955. Date of model 1952-1993.
Bromborough power station, in Merseyside, provided public electricity supplies from 1951 to 1980. The site was equiped with four English Electric Company 52.5 MW turbo-alternators, with hydrogen cooled alternators generating electricity at 11 kV.
Details
- Category:
- Electricity Supply
- Object Number:
- Y1993.23
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), plastic (unidentified) and glass
- Measurements:
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case: 380 mm x 1065 mm x 632 mm,
- type:
- model
- credit:
- Gift of Nuclear Electric plc
