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Title:
Model of Brunel's Disc and Crossbar Signal
Object name(s):
model; model
Brief description:
Model signal, scale 1:16, Great Western Railway, Brunel's Disc and Crossbar signal, 1841, made c.1912.
Collection:
Science Museum Group
Associated concept:
model - representation
Associated concept:
railway models
Associated concept:
Using the Railway
Associated person:
Great Western Railway
Person's association:
association details
Dimension:
depth
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
3 15/16
Dimension:
depth
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
100
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
14 9/16
Dimension:
height
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
370
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
3 15/16
Dimension:
width
Dimension measurement unit:
mm
Dimension value:
100
Material:
metal (unknown)
Material:
wood (unidentified)
Material:
paint
Object name:
model; model
Object production date:
Date - earliest / single:
1912
Date - latest:
1912
Object production person:
Science Museum
Object production place:
Science Museum, South Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Other number:
1912-59
Other number type:
accession number
Other number:
358
Other number:
M4109
Responsible department/section:
NRM - Railway Models

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/aef36d9e-2c75-3b1a-a122-66055c235c0c

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/aef36d9e-2c75-3b1a-a122-66055c235c0c, Science Museum Group, CC BY

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