RANSOMES, SIMS & JEFFERIES 3 NHP Portable Steam Engine
£14,500.00
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.
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