{"product_id":"stone-built-engine-house-with-stuart-10v-stock-code-3371","title":"Stone built engine house with Stuart 10V","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eIf Fred Dibnah had made doll's houses, this is the sort of thing  I think he'd have come up with - a superb model of a nineteenth century engine  and boiler house, based around a vertical engine and generator.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe engine is a Stuart 10V, finely made and fitted with a  displacement lubricator and draincocks piped down through the engine room floor to a catch tank beneath. It  is coupled to a dynamo which is wired through to a fully-functional switch board  on the wall, allowing charging of a large sealed lead-acid battery concealed in  a separate compartment access by a door from outside. The layout is wired such  that the engine can run all the lights in the building whilst at the same time  charging the battery, alternatively for display the battery can run the lights.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe other end of the engine crankshaft is taken through a wall  into the boiler house, where is is coupled to a feed pump via a 2:1 reduction  gearbox - there is an auxiliary hand pump for the boiler mounted on the floor. A  water tank is concealed behind a stone wall beside the copper, water tube  boiler, with a removeable top for filling.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThere being a fly in every ointment, the previous owner had  entrusted the model for sale to a place where some fool dropped something heavy  through the roof, shattering two dozen tiles and stoving in a couple of roof  timbers - the resulting damage is shown in a couple of the pictures below. The  roof is removable (indeed, must be removed for running), there is a flying lead  and plug to disconnect power to the ceiling lights.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe builder, after making such a super job of the model,  produced a fastidiously detailed twenty-five page operating and maintenance  manual covering all aspects of the mechanical and electrical operation. The  original drawings for the Stuart 10V engine are included.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe whole thing weighs something around half a hundredweight.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54010125746517,"sku":"3371","price":975.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/3371-1.webp?v=1779900538","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/stone-built-engine-house-with-stuart-10v-stock-code-3371","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}