Iron frame from the remains of a Cornish pumping engine

Made:
1777 in England
designer:
James Watt
Iron frame from the remains of a Cornish pumping engine

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Iron frame from the remains of a Cornish pumping engine
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Iron frame from the remains of a Cornish pumping engine, viz "Old Bess", by Boulton, Watt and Company and Soho Manufactory, England, 1777

Details

Category:
Motive Power
Object Number:
1861-45/2
Materials:
iron
type:
frame - furnishing
credit:
Branson and Gwyther