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      Creator(s):
W.H. Knight, Launceston, Tas

Date: 1899 -

Description: 12hp single cylinder stationary steam engine. 7ft. high flywheel. Engine weighs 5.2 tons. Used by Mr K D Atkins in his Cream Creek sawmill (later Tasmanian Board Mills), north of Weldborough. Mill closed in 1930's and engine remained abandoned in bush for more than 40 years.

Format: Realia
Object: steam engines

Titles:
Knight's Steam Engine

Subjects: steam enginessawmills

Places: Weldborough, Tasmania

Institution: Grubb Shaft Gold and Heritage Museum

Object number: GSM_00009

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