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CLAYTON
& SHUTTLEWORTH
Portable Steam Engine
2 1/2 NHP Single Cylinder
~ Built c1910 ~
A very rare small Clayton, with feed water heater.
Awaiting restoration.

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CLAYTON
& SHUTTLEWORTH
Portable Steam Engine
6 NHP Single Cylinder
No. 27510 ~ Built c1890
A handsome early Clayton with a Watt type governor and other good features.
In unrestored condition.

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DAVEY PAXMAN
Portable Steam Engine
10 NHP Duplex (Twin Cylinder)
No. 18050 ~ Built 1912
One of the largest engines by this rare maker.
Reasonably complete and awaiting restoration..
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FLOETHER ?
Portable Steam Engine
6 NHP Single Cylinder
A well made c1900 portable with many UK style features, thought to be by Th. Floether of Gassen, Germany.
In good unrestored condition.

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FOSTER
Portable Steam Engine
No.1384 ~ Built c1885
8 NHP Single Cylinder
The 2nd earliest known Foster.
A very rare, early design of portable with
heavy oak fore-carriage.
In reasonable, unrestored condition.


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GARRETT
Portable Steam Engine
6 NHP Single Cylinder
No. 17880 ~ Built c1882
A very early small Garrett.
(Possibly the oldest in the UK?)
With Boutard's single eccentric reversing gear. See a website about Boutards reversing gear.
In unrestored condition.
(original parts are also available).

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GARRETT
Portable Steam Engine
7 NHP Single Cylinder
~ Built c1920 ~
An example of a well proportioned and more modern design of Garrett engine.
In almost complete condition
and awaiting restoration...

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ITALO-SVIZZERA
2 Wheeled Portable Steam Engine
No. 879 ~ Built c1905
Made in Bologna, Italy.
1 NHP Single Cylinder ~ Wt. About 1 Ton
An incredibly small portable designed for
minor agricultural and domestic jobs.
One of the smallest portables ever made.
Stands on 2 wheels, hand drawn.
(Currently dismantled for storage).
In unrestored condition.

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ITALO-SVIZZERA
Portable Steam Engine
~ Built c1900 ~
Made in Bologna, Italy.
2 NHP Single Cylinder
A very rare survivor of this unusual
design of small portable.
in need of total restoration.

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ITALO-SVIZZERA
Portable Steam Engine
No. 725 ~ Made in Bologna, Italy.
3 NHP Single Cylinder
The only known surviving conventional
portable by this maker.
Awaiting restoration.

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LANZ
Portable Steam Engine
1 NHP Single Cylinder
No. 24549 ~ Built 1910
By Heinrich Lanz, Mannheim.
The smallest conventional design portable
produced by Lanz range and avery rare survivor.
Designed for small agricultural and domestic use.
Very light and easily trailered.
In unrestored condition.

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LANZ
Portable Steam Engine
4 NHP Single Cylinder
Believed No. 15149 - Built 1897
Made in Mannheim, Germany.
In unrestored condition.

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LANZ
Electric Light Engine
No. 23497 ~ Built 1909
Abt 2 NHP Single Cylinder.
Originally fitted with a full length canopy and
dynamo for electric power generation.
A very rare type of steam engine and perhaps the only Lanz electric light engine in existence?
In unrestored condition.

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MARSHALL
~ "Britannia" ~
Portable Steam Engine
No. 43368 ~ Built 1905
3 NHP Single Cylinder
A very rare example of the smallest
size of Britannia portable engine.
Reasonably complete and awaiting restoration.

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MARSHALL
~ "Britannia" ~
Portable Steam Engine
~ Built c1905 ~
4 NHP Single Cylinder
In unrestored condition.

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MARSHALL
Portable Steam Engine
4 NHP Single Cylinder
No. 45337 ~ Built 1906
A small sized, conventional Marshall portable.
In reasonable but unrestored condition.

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MARSHALL
Portable Steam Engine
No. 53168 ~ Built 1909
~ "Britannia" Type ~
6 NHP Single Cylinder
In unrestored condition.

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MARSHALL
Portable Steam Engine
No. 82367 ~ Built 1927
5 NHP Single Cylinder, P.V.
In good, recently restored condition.
With current boiler certificates.

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MARSHALL
Portable Steam Engine
No. 45393 ~ Built 1906
5 NHP Single Cylinder
In unrestored condition.

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MARSHALL
~ "Britannia" Type ~
Portable Steam Engine
No. 4669? ~ Built 1907
8 NHP Single Cylinder
A nice example of a mid sized Britannia
portable and still in reasonably complete condition.
Awaiting restoration.
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MARSHALL
Portable Steam Engine
No. 82330 ~ Built 1927
8 NHP Single Cylinder Piston Valve.
A later design of Marshall engine.
In unrestored condition.


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MARSHALL
Portable Steam Engine
No. 57939 ~ Built 1911
7 NHP Single Cylinder
A Marshall portable of conventional agricultural design, with sprung wheels.
In reasonable but unrestored condition.

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MARSHALL
Portable Steam Engine
No. 22800 ~ Built 1893
10 NHP Single Cylinder.
An early engine in unrestored condition.
Not complete but loose components not shown.

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MARSHALL
Portable Steam Engine
"SIR LEONARD"
No. 27649 ~ Built 1896
8 NHP Single Cylinder
Recently full restored, in superb condition.
With currently boiler certificate.

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RANSOMES, SIMS & JEFFERIES
Portable Steam Engine
2 NHP Single Cylinder
A rare example of perhaps the
prettiest of small portables?
In incomplete and unrestored condition.

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Portable Steam Engine
No. 10402 ~ Built c1896
3 NHP Single Cylinder
A very pretty portable, and rare - being of an unsually small and early design.
With early sprung type wheels, etc.
Suitable for towing by car trailer.
A rare small British portable...

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RANSOMES, SIMS & JEFFERIES
Portable Steam Engine
5 NHP Single Cylinder
No. 24664 ~ Built 1912
A rare small to mid size agricultural
engine, and well proportioned.
In very nice original but unrestored condition, still showing some original paintwork, etc.

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RANSOMES, SIMS & JEFFERIES
Portable Steam Engine
No. 26725 ~ Built 1914
6 NHP Single Cylinder
A standard mid sized design of Ransomes portable.
In unrestored condition.

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Portable Steam Engine
No. 9382 ~ Built 1895
7 NHP Single Cylinder
In unrestored condition.

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Portable Steam Engine
8 NHP Single Cylinder
No. 21638 ~ Built 1909
An example of one of the most popular portables.
In unrestored condition.

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Portable Steam Engine
8 NHP Single Cylinder
No. 19036 ~ Built 1907
A medium sized agricultural portable.
In unrestored condition.

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Portable Steam Engine
8 NHP Single Cylinder
No. 21570 ~ Built 1909
In unrestored condition.

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ROBEY
Portable Steam Engine
4 NHP Single Cylinder
No. 10247 ~ Built c1887
In unrestored condition.

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RUSTON PROCTOR
Portable Steam Engine
2 NHP Single Cylinder
The smallest Ruston portable in existence?
Incomplete and requiring total restoration.
(Other parts including motion work are
present, but not shown in photo).

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RUSTON PROCTOR
Vertical Boiler Portable Steam Engine
2/3 NHP Mounted on Wheels
~ Built c1890 ~
This design swings into the horizontal position
for the attachment of horse shafts.
A rare, if not unique example of a
vertical boilered Ruston portable.
Needs only very minor work to finish.

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SENTINEL
Portable Steam Engine
20-30 BHP Single Cylinder
No. 5686 ~ Built 1925
The only known Sentinel single cylinder portable.
In unrestored condition, as found.

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MERRYWEATHER
Steam Fire Pump
A 'Valiant' model two wheel portable fire pump.
With 'C' type vertical boiler.
Single cylinder engine.
Suction and delivery air vessels.
In good, original condition.

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BARROWS & Co.
Portable Steam Engine
No.1601 ~ Built c1892
Circa 4 NHP Single Cylinder
The second earliest Barrows portable known and a very rare small size example by this firm from Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Requires full restoration.

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