SISSONS 4 HP Generator Set
SISSONS 4 HP Generator Set
SISSONS 4 HP Generator Set

A complete, high speed enclosed type steam engine driving a dyanmo. by Sissons & Co., Gloucestershire.

For sale in good condition.

£ P.O.A.
42 Ft Steam Launch “SURTA”
42 Ft Steam Launch “SURTA”
42 Ft Steam Launch “SURTA”

Dimensions

  • DLOA & LWL: 42’ canal gauge
  • Beam: 6’ 10”
  • Draft 3’
  • Approx 7.5 tons

Engine

  • 15 H.P. compound steam engine 5”+7” x 7.5” built by Sissons & Co. Glos. 1950.
  • Piston valve on the HP end driven by Stephenson’s link motion reversing gear. Slide valve and slip eccentric on the LP end.
  • Right handed three bladed bronze propeller 24”x 53”.

Boiler

  • 3-drum all-welded steel water tube boiler, Diesel fired, with an an output of 300 lbs per hour @ 150 psi.
  • Engine driven pump, injector and hand operated boiler feed pumps. Fitted with Windermere kettle. 18 Sq Ft skin condenser, welded to the outside of the hull.

Built by Bristol shipyard owner David Abels to his own design and for his own use in 1988, “Surta” has space for longer cruises being fitted with a double bed, toilet, shower, cooker and fridge.

A regular at Thames regattas and SBA events. Now for sale in good condition with a new boiler certificate.

£ P.O.A.
ORTON & SPOONER 20 Ft Road/Rail Showmans Living Van
ORTON & SPOONER 20 Ft Road/Rail Showmans Living Van
ORTON & SPOONER 20 Ft Road/Rail Showmans Living Van

A very original road rail van, c1900.

£ P.O.A.
ROBEY Generator Set
ROBEY Generator Set
ROBEY Generator Set

A single cylinder vertical open crank type steam engine coupled to 1 KW 100 Volt D.C. dynamo.

Cylinder 4″ x 6″ (approx). Wt est 200 Kg. In unrestored condition.

£ P.O.A.