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Stuart Victoria steam plant - stock code 9336

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Stuart Victoria steam plant
Stuart Victoria steam plant
Stuart Victoria steam plant
Stuart Victoria steam plant
Stuart Victoria steam plant
Stuart Victoria steam plant
Stuart Victoria steam plant
Stuart Victoria steam plant
Stuart Victoria steam plant
Stuart Victoria steam plant
Stuart Victoria steam plant
Stuart Victoria steam plant
Stuart Victoria steam plant
Stuart Victoria steam plant
Stuart Victoria steam plant
Stuart Victoria steam plant
A steam plant comprising Stuart 500 spirit-fired boiler with reservoir and hand pump, coupled to a Victoria mill engine.

In good condition, the engine runs very well - from the quality of machining we suspect it may have been assembled from a factory machined kit.

There's a clip of it running here, we took advantage of Claire being out for the day to run it in the studio, the air in there all but unbreathable with methylated spirit fumes after half an hour's running...

length/inches 22
width/inches 18
height/inches 13
bore x stroke/inches 1 x 2
wheel material cast iron flywheel, 7 inch diameter
cylinder material cast iron
valve type slide
lubricator type displacement
boiler maker Stuart Models
working pressure/psi 60
boiler type water tube
boiler material copper
boiler construction silver soldered
safety valve(s) 1
safety valve type spring
hand pump 1