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Hi all.
Uncle died recently and he left me these very detailed engines in a carry case all work and very cool.?
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/15933481@N07/sets/72157627861844145/ ]pics in here [/url]
any info would be great. ๐Ÿ˜†


 
Posted : 27/10/2011 1:36 am
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Nice engineering models.

I suspect they could be run on compressed air..


 
Posted : 27/10/2011 8:12 am
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Victorian Willy Stretcher?

EDIT: Sorry, posted before realising you'd been left them by someone recently departed...nice little legacy to get, that! ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 27/10/2011 8:20 am
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quite cool those


 
Posted : 27/10/2011 8:28 am
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try and contact these guys;

[url= http://www.sm-ee.co.uk/ ]http://www.sm-ee.co.uk/[/url]

I was going to say compressed air too but the fact that some of them have lagged pipes means they may have been designed to run on steam from an external boiler.


 
Posted : 27/10/2011 8:46 am
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Yes remember uncle saying the can run on air or steam as comes with long clear hose and conecter..
Cheersall.
Any idea what there worth like as nice but not my cuppa tea..SORRY UNCLE ๐Ÿ˜ฅ


 
Posted : 28/10/2011 12:16 am
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Go on antiques road show with them


 
Posted : 28/10/2011 12:20 am
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Try [url= http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/index.php ]this[/url] forum, i'd be suprised if someone on there couldn't help.


 
Posted : 28/10/2011 12:33 am
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It's a rather lovely miniature model of one of these:
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A beam engine, used for pumping large volumes of liquid, in particular raising water from a river up to a canal running higher up the side of a valley. Here's a pic of part of the Crofton Beam Engine that pumps water up to the Kennet and Avon Canal at Great Bedwin, near Marlborough:
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Posted : 28/10/2011 1:29 am
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Lovely bit of engineering, would love one of those!

If you're anywhere near west London the [url= http://www.kbsm.org/ ]Kew Bridge Steam Museum[/url] has working examples. The Science Museum's got one, too.


 
Posted : 28/10/2011 7:19 am
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Originally these was scaled down working Pump machines
before they made the real thing, incase it did not work.

Eventually through the years become working toys.
Just have to check what it actually is.

But keep it nice conversation point.


 
Posted : 28/10/2011 7:27 am