Locomotive

Description

Working model of the Rocket locomotive to a scale of 1 1/2 inches to 1 foot, sectioned to show working and internal arrangement, by Messrs Bassett Lowke Ltd, c. 1937

Museum reference

T.1937.59

Collection

Transport

Object name

Locomotive, Model

Production information

Bassett-Lowke Ltd, Modelmaker
Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1937

Associations

Supplier of drawings for model: Science Museum
Depicted: Rocket (locomotive)
Designer and builder of original: Robert Stephenson & Company, Newcastle

Exhibitions

• Window on the World (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

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Collection Story

On display

national museum of scotland »
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