Model steam engine
Model of mill twin cylinder steam engine. it is cross coupled, slide valves painted red and black, and mounted on a base board. The model was working at Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897.
Made by J Rowcroft, representing a mill engine at Marple Bridge.
Details
- Category:
- Motive Power
- Object Number:
- YL1969.57
- Materials:
- steel (metal) and wood (unidentified)
- type:
- model steam engine
- credit:
- Gift of Rowcroft