Ashworth & Parker Electricity Generating Set

Made:
1910 in Bury and Manchester
maker:
Mather and Platt Limited
Steam-driven high-speed electricity generating set Steam-driven high-speed electricity generating set

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Steam-driven high-speed electricity generating set
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Steam-driven high-speed electricity generating set
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Steam-driven high-speed electricity generating set, comprising a fully enclosed steam engine made by Ashworth & Parker, Bury, and generator made by Mather & Platt, Newton Heath, 1910. Power output 140 horsepower.

This engine provided power to light Greenings Ltd factory in Warrington, which wove wire.

Thousands of generating sets like this were built to provide electric power in mills and factories. Steam generating sets were built to the highest specification so that they could run at the high speeds needed to make electricity.

Details

Category:
Electricity Supply
Object Number:
Y1979.8
Materials:
metal (unknown)
Measurements:
overall: 1.75 m x 1.2 m x 3 m,
type:
steam engine
credit:
Gift of N. Greening Limited