Patent Model - Fire-Engine Boiler
Maker and role
Truckson La France (b.1834, d.1895), Patentee
Production date
Aug 17 1880
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron
Measurements
11 x 6 1/2" (27.9 x 16.5cm)
Description
The objectives of La France's patent are "to protect the crown-sheet of the boiler from the dangers of low water, to raise steam more quickly, and to prevent mud deposits in the boiler-tubes. (Patent Number 231,336)
Collection
Object number
2015.14.3246a,b
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