Turbo-generator, Parsons'

Description

Parsons' turbo-generator, number 261, made by Clarke, Chapman, Parsons and Co. of Gateshead on Tyne in 1889

Museum reference

T.1905.52

Collection

Technology

Object name

Turbo-generator, Parsons'

Production information

Clarke, Chapman, Parsons and Company, Designers and manufacturers
Gateshead, County Durham, England, Northern Europe

Date

1889

Materials

Metal

Associations

Designer: Honourable Charles Parsons
Ship where dynamo was used: HMS Gossamer

Exhibitions

• Energise (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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