Blowing engine / model

Description

Model of blowing engines at Wigan Coal and Iron Works, Kirkless Hall, near Wigan, the original designed by Robert Wilson of Nasmyth Wilson and Co. of Manchester, made in musuem workshop in 1876

Museum reference

T.1876.52.1

Collection

Technology

Object name

Blowing engine / model

Production information

Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, Workshop, Modelmaker
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1876

Materials

Metal

Associations

Designer of original: Wilson, Robert, 1803 - 1882
Nasmyth, Wilson and Co.
Owner of original: Wigan Coal and Iron Works
Wigan Coal and Iron Works, Kirkless Hall, Wigan, Lancashire, England, Northern Europe
Manchester, Lancashire, England, Northern Europe