Name/TitleEngine

Ploughing & Steam

About this objectSteam ploughing engine No.777, made by Burrells of Thetford in 1879.

Black with red wheels and motion, brass bands and wire drum and coiling gear fixed under boiler. Single cylinder engine, 8 nominal horse power. Also has a coal bunker extension.

Originally from the Tom Varley Todber Collection. This engine is one of a working pair with No. 776 - also in the museum collection.

N.B. Image only shows part of engine!

MakerCharles Burrell & Sons Ltd. Thetford

Maker RoleAgricultural engineer

Date Made1879

Place MadeCharles Burrell & Sons, St Nicholas Works, Thetford, Norfolk

Medium and MaterialsCast metal with brass features and castings

Inscription and MarksOval plate on boiler:
C. BURRELL & SONS
1879
ST. NICHOLAS WORKS
NO. 776
THETFORD, NORFOLK

Cast brass rectangular plate on coal bunker : Museum of East Anglian Life Stowmarket Suffolk Restoration Financed by Museum Friends August 1984 - June 1988

MeasurementsWeight: 14 tonnes

Coal Bunker Extension -
Length: 82.5cm, Width: 60.5cm, Height: 30.6cm

Object numberSTMEA:1984-34.2

Copyright LicenceAttribution - Non-commercial (cc)