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Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884

1884

Lawaczeck Turbine Runner, 1925

1925

Wrought iron component associated with the 'Little Giant' mixed flow turbine double wheels

1901

A single stage 50h.p 'Mars' gas turbine made by Perkins Engines at Peterborough up to 1965. The 40

1965

Wrought iron and glass component associated with the 'Little Giant' mixed flow turbine double wheels

1901

Little Giant turbine

1901

Fourneyron Turbine, 1837

1837
Parsons' original Steam Turbine generator,1884

Parsons' steam turbine generator, 1884.

1884
Wrought iron associated with the 'Little Giant' mixed flow turbine double wheels, 6-inch diameter with sluice valves, patented by agent Simeon Howes, 64 Mark Lane, London, EC, England, made in Canada, 1901

Wrought iron associated with the 'Little Giant' mixed flow turbine double wheels

1901
Model, scale 1:5, Pelton wheel turbine, by Peter Koch, Victor Gelpke and Paul Kagel, Germany, 1907-1917, represents an installation by Messrs. Amme, Giesecke and Konegen of Brunswick, invented by Lester Allan Pelton. Part sectioned to show Pelton wheel.

Pelton Wheel Turbine

1907-1917
Parsons' Axial Flow Steam Turbine with dynamo constructed for 60 K.W. Generator, 1901; installed at the National Physical Laboratory where it ran until 1913.

Parsons' Axial Flow Steam Turbine with dynamo constructed for 60 K.W. Generator

1901
'Little Giant' mixed flow turbine double wheels, 6-inch diameter with sluice valves, patented by agent Simeon Howes, 64 Mark Lane, London, EC, England, made in Canada, 1901

Little Giant turbine

1901
12-inch diameter series 'O' Gilkes' Francis Turbine (4.2 bhp on nett working fall of 5 ft. using 570 cubic ft of water per minute; 270 rpm), with suspension bearing, steel countershaft, and hand operating gear for working guide-blades. Developed by James Bicheno Francis, it became widely accepted as the best for heads of water up to 50 m. Manufactured by Gilbert Gilkes & Co., Kendal, Cumbria, England, 1924.

Francis Turbine, 1924

1924
Encased Pelton wheel, the 'Hector' water motor No. 2, with stop valve and driving pulley, manufactured by Percy Pitman, Bosbury and Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, 1903.

Small Pelton Wheel Turbine, 1903

1903
Model, scale 1:5, Pelton wheel turbine, with separate base and associated drawing. The model, by Peter Koch, Victor Gelpke and Paul Kagel, Germany, 1907-1917, represents an installation by Messrs. Amme, Giesecke and Konegen of Brunswick, invented by Lester Allan Pelton. Part sectioned to show Pelton wheel.

Pelton Wheel Turbine

1907-1917