Metropolitan-Vickers Steam turbine and Generator
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Licensedetail view of the Steam turbine and generator
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detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Detail view of the Steam turbine and generator
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Steam turbine and generator, made by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd, Trafford Park, 1937-8, with accompanying copies of original General Arrangement and Assembly Drawings used during the refurbishment of the turbine in the museum archive. Power output 400 horsepower.
Originally used to generate electricity for a brickworks, this engine was later removed by Metropolitan-Vickers apprentices and used for training purposes.
Small turbines like this could produce the same power as traditional steam engines but could run much faster and so could make more electricity. Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Ltd sold thirty of these generator sets to the Soviet Union in the 1940s, where they were mounted on railway wagons and used as mobile power stations.
Output through the alternator is 375kVA, equivalent to c.300 Kilowatts, three-phase power, or equivalent to 300 single-bar electric fires. The turbine is c. 400 horsepower, about as much as five small cars.
Details
- Category:
- Motive Power
- Object Number:
- Y1970.39
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
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Overall: 2130 mm x 2130 mm x 4520 mm,
- type:
- steam turbine
- credit:
- Gift of English Electric A.E.I Ltd
