Collection

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

Double beam engine model

1840-1851
Model, of a 500 H.P. Steam Turbine, with geared rope drive

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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