motor drive unit mechanism, 1920s
Motor drive unit mechanism, two trunneons (brackets), drive belt from unlined 3000 gallon wooden Vat used in the manufacture of Kromaline at ICI Blackley Works.
Unlined 3000 gallon wooden Vat with stirrer and stirrer motor used in the manufacture of Kromaline (sulphonated fish oil for treating dried leather) at ICI Blackley Works.
Details
- Category:
- Industrial Chemistry
- Object Number:
- 1981-353
- Measurements:
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overall: 2400 mm 3800 mm, 3.57 t
vat: 1410 x 3800 mm
- type:
- vats and chemical manufacturing
- credit:
- ICI Ltd. (Organics Division)
Parts
Wooden staves from a dyeworks, 1920s
Wooden staves for vat from unlined 3000 gallon wooden Vat used in the manufacture of Kromaline at ICI Blackley Works.
Pitch pine vat from a dyeworks, 1920s
Stirrer and lower bush from wooden vat from unlined 3000 gallon wooden Vat used in the manufacture of Kromaline at ICI Blackley Works.
Pitch Pine Vat from a Dyeworks, 1920s
Lead heating pipes, curved and seats from unlined 3000 gallon wooden Vat used in the manufacture of Kromaline at ICI Blackley Works.
- Measurements:
-
overall: 150 mm x 2050 mm x 1480 mm, 191.5 kg
- Materials:
- metal
- Object Number:
- 1981-353 Pt9
- type:
- pitch pine vat
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Machine guards from pitch pine vat from a dyeworks, 1920s
Two machine guards, from pitch pine wooden vat, used in the manufacture of Kromaline at ICI Blackley Works.
- Object Number:
- 1981-353 Pt10
