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Accession No 1802.3857
Name/Title PHOTOGRAPH; No 1 Engine and Dynamo
Brief Description Black and white photograph on card of No 1 enginge and Dynamo. Information on the reverse gives specifics of the machinery: the engine runs on town gas and develops 300 BHP (brake horse power); Dynamo 640 amps; 250 watts; 147 revs per minute. Fly wheel and shaft weigh 20 tons. This lighting generating engine may have been used for lighting at the Town Hall.
Classification Print, Photographic/Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
Primary Maker F J Denton Photographer (estab. 1899, closed 1928)
Primary Prod Period 20th century
Measurement Reading 20 x 14.5cm
Signature/Marks Information written about engine and dymano on back of photo
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