Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Dynamo

Thomas Parker Ltd. (Manufacturer)

D.C. lighting generator for surface lighting. Installed at Varteg Hill Colliery about 1890. It was driven by a single cylinder horizontal steam engine.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

67.544

Historical Associations

Association Type: Colliery
Date: 1890s
Place: Varteg Hill Colliery

Creation/Production

Role: Manufacturer
Place: Wolverhampton
Period: 1890 (circa)

Acquisition

donation, 30/11/1967

Measurements

Length (mm): 1200
Width (mm): 600
Height (mm): 900
Weight (tonnes): 1

Material

Metal
Asbestos, white - Chrysotile

Location

audited
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