Collection

Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace

Made:
1950-1951 in Wandsworth
maker:
Ralph Stephenson Lavers

Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Details

Category:
Art
Object Number:
1993-1602/5
Materials:
steel (metal) and plastic (unidentified)
type:
sections
credit:
British Gas. London Research Station

Parts

Section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron

Section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron

Section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Materials:
steel (metal) and plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
1993-1602/5/1
type:
component - object
Section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron

Section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron

Section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Materials:
steel (metal) and plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
1993-1602/5/1/1
type:
component - object
Part of:
1993-1602/5/1
Rod from section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron

Rod from section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron

Vertical rod, from section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Measurements:
overall: 1560 mm x 16 mm
Materials:
steel (metal)
Object Number:
1993-1602/5/1/2
type:
component - object
Part of:
1993-1602/5/1
Section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron

Section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron

Section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Materials:
steel (metal) and plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
1993-1602/5/2
type:
component - object
Section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron

Section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron

Section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Measurements:
overall: 1250 mm x 1630 mm x 44 mm,
Materials:
steel (metal) and plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
1993-1602/5/2/1
type:
component - object
Part of:
1993-1602/5/2
Rod from section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron

Rod from section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron

Section illustrating two men with smelting ladles standing either side of a cauldron, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Materials:
steel (metal)
Object Number:
1993-1602/5/2/2
type:
component - object
Part of:
1993-1602/5/2
Section illustrating two men standing either side of a furnace, with a furnace lid which is lifted by two weights and chains – from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace

Section illustrating two men standing either side of a furnace, with a furnace lid which is lifted by two weights and chains – from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace

Section illustrating two men standing either side of a furnace, with a furnace lid which is lifted by two weights and chains from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Materials:
steel (metal) and plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
1993-1602/5/3
type:
component - object
Section illustrating two men standing either side of a furnace, with a furnace lid which is lifted by two weights and chains – from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace

Section illustrating two men standing either side of a furnace, with a furnace lid which is lifted by two weights and chains – from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace

Section illustrating two men standing either side of a furnace, with a furnace lid which is lifted by two weights and chains – with furnace lid weight from right-hand side missing – from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Materials:
steel (metal) and plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
1993-1602/5/3/1
type:
component - object
Part of:
1993-1602/5/3
Furnace lid weight, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace

Furnace lid weight, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace

Furnace lid weight, right hand side, from section illustrating two men standing either side of a furnace, with a furnace lid which is lifted by two weights and chains, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Materials:
steel (metal)
Object Number:
1993-1602/5/3/2
type:
component - object
Part of:
1993-1602/5/3
Furnace lid weight, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace

Furnace lid weight, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace

Furnace lid weight, right hand side, from section illustrating two men standing either side of a furnace, with a furnace lid which is lifted by two weights and chains, from Cyclorama, architectural feature scene entitled: Today – The Use of Gas for the Heating of an Industrial Furnace, designed by Ralph Stephenson Lavers, England - as commissioned by the Science Museum, London, for the Museum’s Gas Gallery - and cast by J. Starkie Gardner Ltd., London, England, 1950-1951

Materials:
steel (metal)
Object Number:
1993-1602/5/3/3
type:
component - object
Part of:
1993-1602/5/3

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