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"Vulcan" beam engine - stock code 8854

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"Vulcan" beam engine
"Vulcan" beam engine
"Vulcan" beam engine
"Vulcan" beam engine
"Vulcan" beam engine
"Vulcan" beam engine
"Vulcan" beam engine
"Vulcan" beam engine
"Vulcan" beam engine
"Vulcan" beam engine
"Vulcan" beam engine
"Vulcan" beam engine
"Vulcan" beam engine
An exceptionally well-built "Vulcan" beam engine, designed by Edgar Westbury based on a mid-nineteenth century prototype and serialised in "Model Engineer" magazine in 1954.

Built by T.D."Tom" Walshaw of Kendal, a well known engineer, designer and author, writing under the pen name "Tubal Cain" in "Model Engineer" magazine.

Mounted on a wooden base, with perspex dust cover.

length/inches 15
width/inches 9
height/inches 12
bore x stroke/inches 7/8 x 2 1/4
cylinder material gunmetal
valve type slide