Instrument panel for hydraulic pumping engine
- PART OF:
- Hydraulic Pumping Engine
- Made:
- 1909
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Instrument panel for hydraulic pumping engine, made by W. J. Galloway & Sons, Manchester, 1909.
From 1894 to 1972, Manchester had a hydraulic (high pressure water) power network. This instrument panel is for a hydraulic pumping engine installed at the Water Street pumping station in 1909.
Details
- Category:
- Pumping Machinery
- Object Number:
- Y2002.21/2
- Materials:
- wood, brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass
- Measurements:
-
overall: 1135 mm x 1280 mm x 160 mm, 55 kg
- type:
- instrument panel
- credit:
- Gift of University of Salford