The First Steam Turbine 1927

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Item title reads: "The first steam turbine. S.Y. 'Turbinia' - built by Sir Charles Parsons in 1884 - severed - part to be preserved in South Kensington Science Museum."

Wallsend on Tyne

M/S ship in dock area with large crane. A huge section is being moved into place, lowered by the...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
33135
Sort Number:
G 1408
Time in/Out:
01:40:34:00 / 01:41:48:00
Canister:
G 1408
Film ID:
686.25
Issue Date:
20/06/1927

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