The Science Museum has put on show the worlds oldest complete rotary press in its new gallery, "Britain - Making the Modern World".
The 5m-long, 12-tonne Victory Kidder press, which printed newspapers for nearly 100 years, has the serial number 37 and was built by the Victory Web Printing Machine Company in Liverpool in 1869.
It began life producing the Liverpool Daily Post, but moved to the Wigan Observer in 1884, where it spearheaded production until 1966, producing over 43,700 editions.
The Victory was acquired by the Science Museum in 1978 from the Liverpool Museum. It was in storage before being reassembled for the official opening of the gallery by the Queen this week (June 28).
The Museums senior curator of media technologies, Dr John Griffiths, said that the Victory Kidder represented the backbone of Britains newspaper printing heritage for its period: "Its incredible that it has survived. It really was the workhorse of the industry until the mid 1960s."
The Museum also has the Victorys original folding unit. However, this will not be on show in the new gallery as the space is needed for other exhibits.