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Single cylinder steam generating set - stock code 9726

An interesting steam generating set, with an enclosed crank single cylinder engine - similar in concept to the engines produced by makers such as Sissons and Reader - coupled to a dynamo carrying a 10 volt, 8 amp rating plate.

There's some video of it running on air here - with the addition of a boiler and some low energy light bulbs a life off-grid is but a bag of coal away...

length/inches 18
width/inches 9 1/2
height/inches 12 1/2
weight/kg 19.5
wheel material cast iron
cylinder material cast iron
valve type slide