Thrust block / model

Description

Model of a thrust block with twelve collars made for the turbine steamship Osterley, made to a scale of 1:8

Museum reference

T.1909.190

Collection

Maritime

Object name

Thrust block / model

Production information

Messrs Scott Wallace and Co. Ltd, Modelmaker
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1909

Materials

Metal

Associations

Supplier of drawings for model: London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
Original block in this ship: Osterley (turbine steamship)

Exhibitions

• Technology by Design (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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