Models of double beam engine and steam turbine

Made:: 1840-1851 in Bolton

maker:: Benjamin Hick and Sons

One working model, (scale 1:10) of a 240 H.P. beam engine by Benjamin Hick, Bolton, 1840, and one model of a 500 H.P. Steam Turbine with geared rope drive, 1935, formerly mounted together on wooden base. This model was shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851

Double beam engine model

1840-1851

Model, of a 500 H.P. Steam Turbine, with geared rope drive

Name plate from working model of a 240 H.P. beam engine by Benjamin Hick, Bolton, 1840

1840-1851

Details

Category:: Motive Power

Object Number:: 1935-513

type:: model and double beam engine

credit:: Hick, Hargreaves and Company

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