Oldest working Diesel engine in the UK

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Oldest working Diesel engine in the UK

This is an example of a true Diesel engine as patented by Rudolph Diesel in 1897. The Diesel is one of the most efficient converters of fuel and the backbone of global transport. This engine was built buy Sulzer Brothers at Ludwigshafen, Germany in 1912

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Location

Tanygroes, Ceredigion

Culture
Period

1912

Theme
Size
H:
200cm
W:
200cm
D:
200cm
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Material

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