Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Fan engine from Aberbeeg South Colliery, Crumlin
Reader, single cylinder inverted vertical steam-driven fan engine of the piston valve, self-lubricating, totally enclosed type. Serial number '10141'. Operated at 150 rpm, and drove a 6' diameter "Keith" fan. In use at Aberbeeg South Colliery from 1924. This kind of engine was used throughout the South Wales collieries to power small ventillating fans.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
70.38I/1
Creation/Production
E. Reader & Sons Ltd.
Date: 1924
Acquisition
Donation, 14/5/1970
Measurements
Length
(mm): 1520
Width
(mm): 1200
Height
(mm): 1970
Material
cast iron
steel
brass
asbestos
Location
In store
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