Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Horizontal single cylinder steam engine
Steam engine from saw mill in Llantwit Major, South Glamorgan. Probably first used to power a small generating plant, and last used in 1974 to drive a generator at a saw mill in Llantwit Major.
It appears to retain many of its original features - round spoked flywheel, disc crank, fish bellied crosshead guide bars, belt driven governor, mahogany cylinder lagging etc. Engine and outboard crankshaft bearing are mounted on modern steel frames. Painted black, green and red.
1 cylinder: 7½" diameter Stroke: 14" Output: about 15 hp Efficiency: 12% Flywheel: 5' diameter Pulley belt drive to governor.
Pwnc
Diwydiant
Rhif yr Eitem
75.35I
Historical Associations
Association Type: place name
Date: 1895
Association Type: place name
Date: 20th century
Association Type: place name
Date: 1865
Creu/Cynhyrchu
Alexander & Co.
Baker & Co.
Derbyniad
Donation, 1975
Mesuriadau
Meithder
(mm): 2890
Lled
(mm): 800
flywheel
(mm): 1450
Uchder
(mm): 1580
flywheel
(mm): 1560
Pwysau
(tonnes): 2
Deunydd
cast iron
wrought iron
steel
brass
asbestos
Lleoliad
In store
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