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Model

Object number2007.167.44 a-c

Manufacturer Revell, Inc.

Date1959

Mediumplastic, wood, paper, glue, paint

Credit LineTransfer from George Westinghouse Museum Foundation, Gift of H. Gordon Armstrong

DescriptionModel of Westinghouse Atomic Power Plant Model with gantry model and cardboard lid. Molded (gray, green, yellow, red, orange, blue, brown, silver, and black) plastic pieces on a plywood board painted green and black with a printed landscape of the power plant grounds attached to center. Gantry model has molded (red, yellow, black, and gray) plastic gantry crane designed to roll across track on top deck of turbine building. Colorful cardboard lid depicts the power plant.Dimensionsa) 8.25in (height), 21.625in (width), 19.75in (depth)
b) 4in (height), 5.125in (width), 2.75in (depth)
c)3.625in (height), 18.25in (width), 10.25in (depth)
Inscriptions(a)
Yellow sign with "WESTINGHOUSE/ATOMIC ELECTRIC/POWER PLANT" in black letters superimposed on a red, yellow, and black atomic symbol.
Marks(c)
TOP: "WESTINGHOUSE ATOMIC POWER PLANT/ CHANGES NUCLEAR ENERGY INTO ELECTRIC POWER" across the top in black letters. In lower left corner is a blue box with "REVELL" in yellow letters followed by "AUTHENTIC KIT" in white letters.

Across the bottom is an orange bar describing contents of box.

LEFT and RIGHT SIDE: Revell logo similar to top on the left.

BACK: Revell logo at far left,
Historical NotesWhen the George Westinghouse Museum closed in 2007, the collection was transferred to the Heinz History Center. The original donor was H. Gordon Armstrong.Label TextThis model of a Westinghouse atomic power plant was donated, in its original carton, by retiree H. Gordon Armstrong. It was put together by Docent Dick Groninger, a task which took (according to his wife) 65 hours. The scale is one-sixteenth of an inch to one foot. Figure the inches represented here and multiply by 16 feet to get an approximate size of the plant.

Related institution Westinghouse Electric Corporation

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