Boiler
Marshall and Sons
Category
Historic Services / Heating and ventilation
Date
Unknown
Materials
unspecified
Measurements
6000 mm (Length); 1750 mm (Diameter)
Collection
Ascott Estate, Buckinghamshire
NT 1535143
Summary
A historic heating system comprising of a boiler. It is 1.75m diameter and 6m long coke fired and marked Marshall Sons and Co Ltd Gainsborough London. Dewrance London mark to brass work. 140lds per sq inch.There are fairly extensive remains of the coal gas installation that dates from the 1870s and steam boiler for electricity generation in the gas house. See Archaeological Survey W.L. Matthews 1989 (extracts with photographs).
Makers and roles
Marshall and Sons, manufacturer