Mill-type hot air engine (Gordon Bowd)
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Mill-type hot air engine (Gordon Bowd)(i) |
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A horizontal hot-air model of the type of engine typically used in mills, featuring a large flywheel.
The engine was built by Gordon Bowd, and is fixed to a based patterned with a black and white chequerboard pattern to represent factory floor tiles and provide a sense of scale for the original full-size engine.