Whitbread Engine

<p>The Whitbread Engine preserved in the <a href="/facts/Powerhouse_Museum/fq3VUpV3">Powerhouse Museum</a> in <a href="/facts/Sydney/8TegRcwB">Sydney</a>, <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a>, built in 1785, is one of the first rotative <a href="/facts/Steam_engine/f7hN8vzm">steam engines</a> ever built, and is the oldest surviving. A <a href="/facts/Rotative_beam_engine/pwzXufl7">rotative engine</a> is a type of <a href="/facts/Beam_engine/pwzXufl7">beam engine</a> where the <a href="/facts/Reciprocating_motion/mvTFbPaP">reciprocating motion</a> of the beam is converted to <a href="/facts/Rotation_around_a_fixed_axis/PGcg3IY5">rotary motion</a>, producing a continuous power source suitable for driving machinery.
</p><p>This engine was designed by the mechanical engineer <a href="/facts/James_Watt/29KvGNW0">James Watt</a>, of the firm <a href="/facts/Boulton_and_Watt/AhFs7MVo">Boulton and Watt</a>, and originally installed in the <a href="/facts/Whitbread/lAt27Ao7">Whitbread</a> <a href="/facts/Brewery/mwH6mVVH">brewery</a> in <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>, <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a>. On decommissioning in 1887 it was sent to Australia's Powerhouse Museum (then known as the <a href="/facts/Technological%2c_Industrial_and_Sanitary_Museum/fq3VUpV3">Technological, Industrial and Sanitary Museum</a>) and has since been restored to full working order.
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Whitbread Engine