Steam engine, high pressure, Trevithick / model

Description

Model of the Trevithick high pressure steam engine of 1804 copied from the original in the Science Museum, London, to a scale of 2 inches to 1 foot

Museum reference

T.1950.22

Collection

Technology

Object name

Steam engine, high pressure, Trevithick / model

Production information

Mills, C.A., 1950 - 1971 (fl.), Modelmaker
Ruislip, Middlesex, England, Northern Europe

Materials

Metal

Associations

Inventor of original steam engine: Richard Trevithick
Exhibiter of original engine: Science Museum

On display

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