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SPEEDWELL, locomotive model
Model of Neath Abbey ironworks 0-4-0 locomotive SPEEDWELL, with tender (1997.266/2). Scale 11.3 : 1 (nearly 12 : 1). In glass case.
First locomotive built by the Neath Abbey Ironworks in 1830/31, (for the Speedwell Mining Company in the Upper Sirhowy Valley, Mon.), and was bought by Thomas Prothero on behalf of that mining syndicate. An 0-4-0 locomotive with 10 ½" x 24" cylinders for use on a 4' 2" plateway. It had vertical cylinders with bell crank drive.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1997.266/1
Measurements
Length
(mm): 770
Width
(mm): 310
Height
(mm): 505
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