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Stationary Steam Engines For Sale ~ Horizontal, Vertical and Enclosed Types
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Horizontal Engines:

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OSCILLATING
Twin Cylinder Horizontal
Workshop Engine

Approx 2" x 5" Cylinders.
Flywheel 12" Dia.
A very rare type of steam engine and
and a proper full size workshop engine.
On heavy duty cast iron base.
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A. DODMAN & Co, Ltd.?
Single Cylinder Horizontal
Workshop Engine

A small, elegant bayonet framed horizontal.
Thought to be by Alfred Dodman & Co, Ltd.
4" x 6" cylinder with lubricator and drain cocks.
Fylwheel 16" Dia ~ Approx 44" Long.
Complete with small 1/2" Pickering governor.
A proper factory made workshop engine.

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Single Cylinder Horizontal
Workshop Engine

2 1/2" x 5" Cylinder
Fylwheel 16" Dia ~ 32" Long.
In good, restored condition.

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Single Cylinder Horizontal
Workshop Engine

3" x 4" Cylinder
Fylwheel 12" Dia ~ 28" Long.
A very well constructed small workshop engine, thought to be dating from the late 19th century.
Disc type crank and generally of solid construction.
Complete with hydrostatic cylinder lubricator, etc.
Mounted on wooden display bed.
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Single Cylinder Horizontal
Workshop Engine

Fitted with Meyer expansion slide valve gear.
3" x 5" Cylinder
Fylwheel 12" Dia ~ 32" Long.
In good, restored condition.

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Single Cylinder Horizontal
Workshop Engine

3" x 3 3/4" Cylinder
Fylwheel 12" Dia. 30" long overall.
A good quality 19th century small workshop engine, with a handsome integral cast iron bed.
Disc type crank and eccentric driven feed pump.
Complete with pulley wheel, etc.
In nice, original condition.
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CRETORS
"Popcorn Engine"
Single Cylinder Horizontal
Serial No.7525 ~ Made in USA c1900.
Cylinder 1 1/2" x 3".
Base 17 1/2" x 8 1/2".
In good condition.

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ELLIOTT & GAROOD
Capstan Steam Engine
Twin cylinder horizontal mounting.
Cylinders 2 1/2" x 5".
Approx 34" High.
3/8" BSP steam inlet.
A rare type of steam engine designed for fishing net handling equipment.
In good condition.

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ELLIOTT & GAROOD
Horizontal Steam Winch
Believed to be from a steam 'drifter'.
Single cylinder horizontal mounting.
Cylinder 2" x 4".
Approx 30" Long.
An unusual marine auxiliary engine.
In good, restored condition.

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EDWIN FODEN
Single Cylinder Horizontal Workshop Engine
~ Built by Edwin Foden of Sandbach c1880 ~
5" x 10" Cylinder (approx). Wt est 200 Kg.
Believed to be the smallest & earliest
engine made by Foden in existence.
In unrestored condition.

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GREENS & Co.
Single Cylinder Horizontal
~ Built in London c1900 ~
3" x 6" Cylinder (approx).
18" Dia Fylwheel ~ Wt approx 150 Kg.
In good restored condition, with Pickering governor.

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E.S. HINDLEY
Single Cylinder Horizontal
Workshop Engine

Thought to be by E.S. Hindley, c1900?
Approx 4" x 7" Cylinder. Wt est 200 Kg.
With the name of the supplying agent Carl Holmberg cast into the elegant bayonet type frame.
34" Wide x 5 ft 4" Long ~ Flywheel 36" Dia.
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LEFLAIVE & Cie.
Single Cylinder Horizontal
Mill Engine
Cylinder 12" x 18" Stroke.
A very attractive small French mill engine of c1900.
Complete with a large and ornate governor.
In original, unrestored condition.
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F. PEARNS & Co.
Single Cylinder Horizontal
Workshop Engine

~ Built in Manchester c1900 ~
7" x 12 " Cylinder (approx).
7 ft 6" x 30" Overall ~ Bed 5 ft long.
Flywheel 4ft 6" Dia x 6".
Wt est 1 Tonne.
Complete but unrestored.

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TANGYE & Co.
"COLONIAL" Model
Single Cylinder Horizontal Workshop Engine

Tangye Engine No.519
Cylinder approx 7" x 12" Stroke.
Bedplate approx 6 Ft Long, 42" Dia Flywheel.
An attractive Tangye workshop type engine.
In good original condition (currently dismantled.)

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TANGYE & Co.
Single Cylinder Horizontal Mill Engine
"SARA"
~ Built in Birmingham c1890 ~
8" x 20" Cylinder.
Flywheel 6 ft x 10" ~ Bed 9 ft Long.
Wt est 3-4 Tonnes ~ Overall 11 ft x 6 ft.
In unrestored condition.

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Single Cylinder Horizontal
Workshop Engine

A high quality engine, maker unknown, c1890.
Drove a cobblers shop until 1970.
2" x 4 1/2" Cylinder (approx).
Wt approx 35 Kg.
Unrestored but in good, original condition.

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Single Cylinder Horizontal
Maker unknown c1900.
Cylinder 2" x 4". Wt approx 25 KGs.
In good condition.

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Single Cylinder Horizontal
(Maker unknown)
Cylinder 2" x 3" ~ Fylwheel 11 1/2" Dia.
Base 20" Long. Wt approx 25 KGs.
Complete with attached boiler feed pump.
In good condition.

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Horizontal Cross-Compound
Workshop Engine

Unknown U.K. builder, c1880.
Cylinders 2" + 3" x 5" stroke.
On wooden frame with central flywheel 18" Dia.
3 Ft long x 20" wide. Wt approx 70 KGs.
In unrestored condition.

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Twin Cylinder Horizontal
Duplex Cylinders Approx 2" x 3 1/2"
On heavy cast iron base with attached feed pump.
Base approx 23" long x 13" Wide.
Wt approx 75 KGs.
Constructed c1900.
In good original condition.

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Twin Cylinder Horizontal
Duplex Cylinders Approx 2 1/2" x 4"
Unkown maker, c1900.
Mounted on base approx 42" long x 18" Wide.
Wt approx 100 KGs.
In good original condition.

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PUGSLEY
Steam Crane Engine
Twin Cylinders 6" x 14".
Wt approx 200 KGs.
A rare machine by Joseph Pugsley & Sons of Bristol.
Without crankshaft but very original and in generally very good, little used condition.

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Steam Winch Engine
Twin cylinder, horizontal mounting.
Maker unknown (?) but of very high quality.
Cylinders 4" x 6" Stroke.
Bedplate 3 Ft 6" Long x 2 Ft 6".
Wt est 300 Kg.
In good, restored condition.

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Drop Valve Tandem Compound Horizontal Mill Engine
Approx 80 HP ~ No.43337 ~ Built 1927
9 1/2" + 15 1/2" x 20" Cylinders with drop valves.
Flywheel 10 Ft Dia, Wt approx 8 tonnes.
A rare, more modern design of mill engine.
In very reasonable, unrestored condition.



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RADIGUET
Workshop Steam Engine, c1880
By the famous firm of high class instrument and machinery makers Radiguet & Massiot, of Paris.
This extremely rare French built combined workshop engine and boiler of 1/2 H.P. was designed for light industrial and domestic applications.
Approx 2" x 3" Cylinder.
4 Ft Tall with 20" Dia. Flywheel.
In very nice, highly original condition.

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A-FRAME ENGINE
Single Cylinder True Vertical
A small, Gothic style A-frame, over-crank type workshop engine, Built circa 1860.
1 1/2" x 2 1/2" Cylinder
'S' spoked flywheel for belt drive.
Approx 18" high x 11" wide.
Provision for an optional 2nd cylinder.
In nice, original condition.

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DAIRY ENGINE
Single Cylinder True Vertical
Over-crank workshop engine by unknown maker.
~ Built c1880 ~
Used as a dairy engine.
1 1/2" x 4" Cylinder ~ Flywheel 20" Dia.
Wt approx 50 Kg.
In good, original condition.

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Single Cylinder Vertical
4 Column Workshop Engine

Genuine c1880 workshop engine.
Maker unknown.
Cylinder 2" x 3". 18" Dia Flywheel
Wt approx 25 Kg.
In unrestored condition.

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W.H. COWARD
Single Cylinder
Inverted Vertical

A marine style engine built in Bath c1920.
Single front column & cast back standard.
Cylinder 6" x 9 ". Slide valve.
75" High plus Governor.
Flywheel 5 Ft Dia.
Wt approx 1000 Kg.
In unrestored condition.

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TRUE VERTICAL
(Maker unknown)
~ Built c1880 ~
Cylinder 6" x 8" ~ Flywheel 36" Dia.
Wt approx 1000 Kg.
In good, original condition.

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Twin Cylinder Vertical
Wall Engine

Duplex cylinders approx 3" x 5".
An early twin cylinder engine
made in Scotland c1860's.
Mounts vertically to the wall,
believed used to drive a barn thresher.
Dims: 40" x 32" Overall ~ Flywheel 14" Dia.
In reasonable, original condition.

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DONEGAN & SWIFT
Single Cylinder Inverted Vertical
Workshop Engine

Built in the USA c1900
'Banjo' type frame.
3 1/2" 5 1/2" Cylinder.
Flywheel 18" Dia. 38" High. Wt 100 Kg.
In good unrestored condition.

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BOTTLE ENGINE
Single Cylinder Inverted Vertical
Workshop Engine

~ Built in USA c1900 ~
4" x 6" Cylinder. 49 " High. Wt Abt 200 Kg.
In good unrestored condition.
(Has been repainted.)

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BOTTLE ENGINE
Single Cylinder Inverted Vertical
Workshop Engine

~ Built in USA c1900 ~
5" x 7" Cylinder. 52"" High. Flywheel 24"
Wt Abt 200 Kg.
In unrestored condition.

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BOTTLE ENGINE
Single Cylinder Inverted Vertical
Workshop Engine

~ Built in USA c1900 ~
5" x 7" Cylinder. 50" High. Wt Abt 200 Kg.
In unrestored condition.

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HERSCHELL-SPILLMAN
Carousel Steam Engine
By Herschell-Spillman of North Tonawanda.
An original steam centre engine from an
American built "carousel" or gallopers set.
Inverted twin 4" x 6" Cylinders with slide valves.
24" Dia Flywheel. 38" High Overall.
Mounted on a portable trolly.
In good, original condition.

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E.S. HINDLEY
Single Cylinder Inverted Vertical
Workshop Engine

~ Built in Somerset c1900 ~
3" x 5" Cylinder. 22" Flywheel. Wt 100 Kg.
Complete with Hindley governors.
In good, restored condition.

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LAWRENCE & Co.
Single Cylinder Inverted Vertical
Workshop Engine

~ U.S.A. Built, c1900 ~
Cylinder 3" x 5" (approx).
Cast "Bottle" type frame, with governor.
Wt est 100 Kg.
In good, restored condition.

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MARSHALL
Single Cylinder Inverted Vertical
Built in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire c1900.
Cylinder 4 1/2" x 8" ~ Flywheel 32" Dia.
Approx 56" High.
In fully restored condition.
Minor painting and lagging required).

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MARSHALL
Single Cylinder Inverted Vertical
Built in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire c1900.
Cylinder 4 1/2" x 8" ~ Flywheel 36" Dia.
Approx 56" high plus original cast iron bed extension.
Attached boiler feed pump.
In good unrestored condition.

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MARSHALL
Single Cylinder Inverted Vertical
Built in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire c1900.
Cylinder 4 1/2" x 8" ~ Flywheel 3 Ft Dia.
Approx 56" High.
In unrestored condition.

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F. PEARNS & Co.
Single Cylinder Inverted Vertical
A wall mounted engine made in Manchester c1900.
Cylinder 4" x 6".
Wt approx 100 Kg.
In unrestored condition.
Currently dismantled but complete.

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RUSTON PROCTOR
Single Cylinder Inverted Vertical
2 H.P. "Improved Class V".
No. 17751 ~ Built 1893.
Cylinder 4" x 8" ~ Flywheel 30" Dia.
Height 58" (ex. governor).
A rare and very attractive vertical engine.
In good, original condition.

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R. TIDMAN
ORGAN ENGINE
Single Cylinder Inverted Vertical

Designed for driving a mechanical organ
on a steam powered fairground ride.
By Robert Tidman & Co, Norwich, c1895.
Cylinder 2 1/2" x 4" ~ Flywheel 18" Dia.
Approx 36" High.
In good condition.

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TANGYE & Co.
Single Cylinder Inverted Vertical
Workshop engine by Tangye, Birmingham, c1900.
Cylinder 5" x 10".
Wt approx 1000 KGs.
In unrestored condition.

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TANGYE & Co.
Single Cylinder Inverted Vertical
Mill type engine by Tangye, Birmingham, c1900.
Cylinder 10" x 12".
Complete with attached pump.
9 Ft high ~ Wt approx 3500 KGs.
In unrestored condition.

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WESTMINSTER
Single Cylinder Inverted Vertical
Built in the UK c1900.
A rare and very attractive cast bottle framed engine.
Cylinder 6" x 9". Wt approx 150 KGs.
Approx 68" High.
Currently dismantled for storage but complete.
In good unrestored condition.







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STEAM
LAWNMOWER

~ Power Plant ~

Combined boiler and single cylinder steam engine.
Believed marketed as a 'conversion' kit
for small lawnmowers in c1895.
Cylinder 2" x 3 1/2".
In good, original condition.

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Barring Engine
Twin Cylinder Inverted Vertical
With declutchable reduction gear.
A powerful duplex engine designed for turning over (barring) very large stationary engines.
Cylinders 5" x 8" (approx).
Wt approx 750 Kg.
In good, original but unrestored condition.

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STEVENSON
Barring Engine
Single Cylinder Inverted Vertical
with declutchable reduction gear.

Designed for turning over (barring) large stationary engines, this attractive open crank engine sits on a massive cast base featuring reduction gears and a Bendix declutching drive gear.
Cylinder 4" x 6" (approx).
Approx 50" High, Bed 32" Long x 21" Wide.
Wt approx 600 Kg.
In excellent restored condition.

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EASTONS AMOS & ANDERSON
Steam Pumping Engine
Twin Cylinder Double Acting
~ Built in London 1870 ~
Designed to lift 50 tons of water per minute.
Built for land drainage in Norfolk.
Complete with original wooden
flushing gates and turbine pump.
In good condition.

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EASTONS AMOS & SONS
Steam Pumping Engine
Twin Cylinder Double Acting
~ Built in London 1866 ~
Designed to lift 50 tons of water per minute.
Built for land drainage in Norfolk.
Complete with original wooden
flushing gates and turbine pump.
In good condition.


The Waterworks Engines
Photo taken by the late George Watkins in 1938
JAMES SIMPSON
Compound Beam Engine
Built 1895 by James Simpson & Co. of Pimlico.
Ex Otterbourne Pumping Station,
Southampton Waterworks, Hampshire.
Two Woolf compound cylinders:
28 1/2" x 4 Ft 9" and 38 1/2" x 7 Ft
Flywheel 18 Ft Dia ~ Beam 23 Ft Long.
A beautiful example of British heavy engineering at
its very finest, and a unique opportunity to buy a
complete, full size waterworks beam engine.
Carefully dismantled and ready for re-erection.
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Triple Expansion Engine
Built c1935 by Hathorn Davey & Co.
Engine No.7992 for Corfe Mullen, Dorset.
A very impressive triple expansion engine.
Complete with pumps and ancilliary gear.
Carefully dismantled and ready for re-erection...


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Enclosed Type Engines:

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TULLEY
Single Cylinder Horizontal
A small piston valve workshop engine.
'Agrimotor' Type ~ Size No. 2 (3" x 4" Cylinder).
For driving workshop machinery such as saws, etc.
Wt approx 100 Kg.
In good unrestored condition.
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TULLEY
Single Cylinder Horizontal
A small piston valve workshop engine.
'Agrimotor' Type ~ Size No. 2 (3" x 4" Cylinder).
For driving workshop machinery such as saws, etc.
Wt approx 100 Kg.
In good condition.

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TULLEY
Single Cylinder Horizontal
A small piston valve workshop engine.
'Agrimotor' Type ~ Size No. 2 (3" x 4" Cylinder).
For driving workshop machinery such as saws, etc.
Wt approx 100 Kg.
In unrestored condition.

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CLARKSON
Generator Set Engine
A high speed enclosed vertical engine.
As used in London buses c1910.
Twin 1 3/4" x 2" Cylinders.
Pressure regulated steam valve.
Mounted on a cast aluminium baseplate.
~ Wt 30 Kg ~
In good, original condition.

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STUART TURNER
Generator Set Engine
Single cylinder enclosed vertical engine, c1940's.
Designed to produce 800-1000 W @ 1000 r.p.m.

One of several currently available.
(with either piston or slide type valves.)

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READER
Single Cylinder Vertical Engine
A very small, instructional type engine, built c1950.
Complete with RPM Counter.
Approx 4 H.P.
Wt approx 150 Kg.
In unrestored condition.

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READER
Single Cylinder Vertical Engine
A general purpose high speed enclosed engine.
Approx 8-10 H.P. Output.
Wt approx 600 Kg.
In good restored condition.

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SISSONS
Generator Set Engine
A high speed enclosed type steam engine.
Suitable for direct coupling to a dynamo, etc.
Approx 8 H.P. Output

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SISSONS
Generator Set Engine
A high speed enclosed type steam engine.
Suitable for direct coupling to a dynamo, etc.
Approx 10 H.P.

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SISSONS
Generator Set Engine
A high speed enclosed type steam engine.
Suitable for direct coupling to a dynamo, etc.
Approx 8 H.P. Output

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ROBEY
Single Cylinder Vertical Engine
Built c1930 ~ Wt approx 300 Kg.
In unrestored condition.
Approx 10 H.P.

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EASTON JOHNSON
Single Cylinder Gen Set Engine
A high speed enclosed type steam engine
For direct coupling to a dynamo, etc.
Approx 12 H.P. Output.

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ASWHORTH PARKER
Single Cylinder Gen Set Engine
A high speed enclosed type steam engine.
For direct coupling to a dynamo, etc.
Approx 40 H.P. Output.

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ASHWORTH PARKER
Compound Generator Set Engine
A vertical compound high speed enclosed engine.
Suitable for coupling to approx 100 KW D.C. dynamo or alternator.
Approx 60 H.P. Output.

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ALLEN
Compound Generator Set Engine
A vertical high speed enclosed steam engine.
Suitable for direct coupling to an alternator.
Approx 110 H.P. Output.



Steam Turbines:

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TURNEY
Steam Turbine
De Laval single stage steam turbine, approx 10 H.P.
Fitted with a Pickering governor.
Approx 24" dia. turbine.
Wt approx 100 Kg.
In very good, original condition.

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VENT-AXIA
"TURBETTE"
Steam Turbine

De Laval single stage steam turbine, approx 5 H.P.
Approx 23" High x 23" Long.
Made by Vent-Axia, Rochester, Kent c1955.
A very rare small steam turbine complete with governor, etc.

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Single Stage Turbine
De Laval type on steel base
Maker unknown..?
Approx 5 H.P.
Wt approx 90 Kg.
Dims 18" Wide x 28" Long (or 35" overall).
22" High Overall.
In good, original condition.

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J.P. HALL
Steam Turbine Driven Pump
No.4026 by J.P. Hall & Sons, Ltd Peterborough.
A marine type emergency condenser or fire pump.
Small multi stage steam turbine approx 20" dia.
With bronze centrifugal pump and attached governor
assembly, on cast base approx 28" x 23".
A rare high spec pump, in nice original condition.

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