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Stuart triple-expansion steam plant - stock code 12992

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Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
Stuart triple-expansion steam plant
We sold this one back in 2015 to a long time customer in Switzerland.

It's recently come back to us as part of a large collection of engines. The boiler has had a hydraulic test with new certification issued, the engine runs well on air forwards with some mechanical noise - present from new - but not in reverse; we suspect a slipped eccentric which will need resetting.

Words below are from the last time it was here, photographs opposite were taken in recent days.

A Stuart triple expansion engine with Stuart centre flue boiler, set up for gas firing - the steam plant is completed by a hand pump for boiler feed, complete with tank.

Beautifully made, the whole thing is mounted on an "engine room" floor comprising individually laid and grouted ceramic tiles. I found myself wishing the people who did our bathroom were as good...*

Test steamed when new, since then it has only run on air.

Another model from the man responsible for the Galloway's non-dead centre, Westbury diagonal paddle, Corliss tandem compound and "ME" beam engines currently in stock.

*Since the last time it was here, we're pleased to report that we now have engaged the services of a bathroom fitter with equal facility in tiling.


length/inches 18
width/inches 15 1/2
height/inches 14
weight/kg 14 1/2
wheel material cast iron
cylinder material cast iron
year built unkown
boiler maker Stuart Models
CE mark n/a - < 2 litre capacity
boiler type return flue
boiler material copper
boiler construction silver soldered
hydraulic test valid to 10/Jul/29
safety valve(s) 1
safety valve type spring
hand pump 1