The screw engines.

The screw engines. © National Maritime Museum, London

Repro ID: 58_1041

Description: The four-cylinder horizontal direct-acting screw engines for the 'Great Eastern' were built by James Watt & Co. at Birmingham. The complete unit weighed 500 tons and drove a 24-feet diameter 36-ton cast iron propeller via a shaft 150 feet (46 m) long and weighing 60 tons.

Creator: 'The Illustrated London News'

Date: 1853-1858