Cornish Pumping Engine, 1840

Made:: 1840 in Perranarworthal

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Model of Taylor's Pumping Engine, scale 1:12, United Mines, Gwennap (reconstructed in Science Museum, with new housing 1936)

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Category:: Pumping Machinery

Object Number:: 1893-266

Materials:: steel, brass, wood and paint

Measurements:: overall (estimate HxWxD) Actual weight: 3500 mm x 2190 mm x 2054 mm, 580kg

type:: model, cornish engine and pumping engine

credit:: Geological Museum (Jermyn St.)

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Cornish Pumping Engine, 1840

Model of Taylor's Pumping Engine, scale 1:12, United Mines, Gwennap (reconstructed in Science Museum, with new housing 1936)

Measurements:: overall (estimate HxWxD) Actual weight: 3500 mm x 2190 mm x 2054 mm, 580kg

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy) , paint , steel (metal) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: 1893-266/1

type:: model , cornish engine and pumping engine

Cornish Pumping Engine, 1840

Part from a model of Taylor's Pumping Engine, scale 1:12, United Mines, Gwennap (reconstructed in Science Museum, with new housing 1936)

Measurements:: overall (estimate HxWxD) Actual weight: 170 mm x 870 mm x 170 mm,

Materials:: complete , steel (metal) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , wood (unidentified) and paint

Object Number:: 1893-266/2

type:: model , cornish engine and pumping engine

Cornish Pumping Engine, 1840

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Cornish Pumping Engine, 1840

Cornish Pumping Engine, 1840

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