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Model of Paddle Steamer Britannia boiler
Model of Paddle Steamer BRITANNIA's haystack type boiler. The model was made by an apprentice engineer at P. & A. Campbell, and is a model of an original boiler built by Barclay Curle & Co. Glasgow in 1935, which was installed into the P.S. BRITANNIA in the same year and was used until the steamer was withdrawn in the late 1950s. Copper model mounted onto wooden plinth.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1993.257
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: P. & A. Campbell
Association Type: Shipping company
Date: 1935 (circa)
Associated Person/Body: Barclay Curle & Co.
Association Type: Company name
Date: 1935
Place: Glasgow
Acquisition
donation, 12/8/1993
Measurements
Length
(mm): 355 base
Width
(mm): 355 base
Height
(mm): 340 boiler
diameter
(mm): 350 boiler
Material
Copper
Wood
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