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Vintage horizontal mill engine - stock code 9340

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Vintage horizontal mill engine
Vintage horizontal mill engine
Vintage horizontal mill engine
Vintage horizontal mill engine
Vintage horizontal mill engine
Vintage horizontal mill engine
Vintage horizontal mill engine
Vintage horizontal mill engine
Vintage horizontal mill engine
Vintage horizontal mill engine
Vintage horizontal mill engine
A vintage horizontal mill engine, scratch built and with a look of some antiquity about it, carrying a maker's plate "G Bates, Maker, Tunbridge".

Turns over freely and runs on air, the engine is fitted with a Watt type governor which is missing one of the flyweights.

Crankshaft carries an eccentric for the slide valve and another for a boiler feed pump, mounted in the base although missing the eccentric rod.

length/inches 15 1/2
width/inches 8
height/inches 7
weight/kg 5.5
wheel material Cast iron flywheel 6 1/4 inches diameter
cylinder material brass
valve type slide
governor type Watt