Model
Object number2007.167.490 a,b
Date1950-1959
Mediumplastic; wood; paint
Credit LineTransfer from George Westinghouse Museum Foundation
DescriptionNuclear reactor vessel model. Egg-shaped, amber-tinted model with green wooden stand.Dimensions(Overall) Height x Width x Depth: 24 × 18.25 × 18.25 in. (61 × 46.4 × 46.4 cm)InscriptionsNumbers on rods that screwn into top, from left to right (with orientation from picture), read: "2", [blank] "24" (with "32" scratched out"), [illegible scratches] "28" "33" "34" "20" "31" "11" "12" [blank] "21" "27" "8" "13" "3" "23". Numbers on base are "27" [by "2"] "25" [by 24] "22" [by 33] "20" [by 20] "17" [by 12] "15" [ by 21] "12" [ by 13] "10 [possible 103?]" [ by '23"]
Historical NotesModel of typical early nuclear reactor vessel, used by Westinghouse engineers in 1950s for photoelastic stress study. Transferred from the George Westinghouse Museum to the Heinz History Center when the museum closed in 2007.
Related institution
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
On View
Not on view
1998
c. 1930
