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     Antique Machines    
 
Meteor Linotype
Meteor linotype
 
Turbine of the Mill
The Turbine of the Mill
 
In addition to the vehicles, agricultural equipment, weapons with a blade and firearms, the Museum Dufresne possesses an important number of antique machines. 

This part of the museum, as is the case for the vehicles, constitutes a veritable teaching tool available for schools groups which  more frequently visit the museum today. 

For example, there is an impressive guillotine from the French Revolution, proudly standing in its wagon, which was used in Indre-et-Loire at the end of the 19th century, a perfume atomizer by Coty, a Fontaine turbine which ran the wheel in the old mill where the museum is now located, a Meteor linotype which was used for the daily newspaper "La Nouvelle République", a cognac still, a re-creation of the manufacturing facilities of the company Bassereau in Tours with the workshop foreman's office and of course all of the weaving machines from the period, a portable copper sulfate sprayer dating from 1880, a Piguet steam engine from 1898, a wine filter which filtered the vintages for the English court at the beginning of the 20th century...

Guillotine
Guillotine from the French Revolution
 
Weaving machine
Weaving Machines
 
 
Vehicles | Weapons | Machines
 

Musée Maurice Dufresne- 17, route de Marnay - 37190 Azay-le-Rideau
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