A fine and detailed exhibition standard demonstration model of an American single cylinder 'Walking Beam' Paddle Engine of circa 1840 built by J.Dean Benton, Providence, for Williams and Downs with bolted and braced 'A' frames, cylinder 3½in. bore x 6½in. stroke, cylinder head mounted crosshead guides, cylinder head lifting eyes, gibbed and cottered connecting rods, cast pierced beam, braced and tapered connecting rod, the crankshaft running in four main bearings, the two outboards supported in 'A' frame trunnions with two non-feathering paddle wheels. Other details include rod driven floor mounted air pump, pierced 'lift-off' eccentric rods, gab valve gear with drop valves, the inlet with dashpot dampers hand controls and floor mounted steam valves. Further details include dummy lubricators bracing bottle screws, lamps, pressure and vacuum gauges, brass shield engraved Made for Williams and Down , and brass plate engraved Built by J.Dean Benton, Providence , the whole finished in light grey, blue and dull nickel plate and mounted on a wooden display base - 26 x 27in. (66 x 68.5cm.) . Handle for manual operation, glazed cover. See Colour Illustration
A fine and detailed exhibition standard demonstration model of an American single cylinder 'Walking Beam' Paddle Engine of circa 1840 built by J.Dean Benton, Providence, for Williams and Downs with bolted and braced 'A' frames, cylinder 3½in. bore x 6½in. stroke, cylinder head mounted crosshead guides, cylinder head lifting eyes, gibbed and cottered connecting rods, cast pierced beam, braced and tapered connecting rod, the crankshaft running in four main bearings, the two outboards supported in 'A' frame trunnions with two non-feathering paddle wheels. Other details include rod driven floor mounted air pump, pierced 'lift-off' eccentric rods, gab valve gear with drop valves, the inlet with dashpot dampers hand controls and floor mounted steam valves. Further details include dummy lubricators bracing bottle screws, lamps, pressure and vacuum gauges, brass shield engraved Made for Williams and Down , and brass plate engraved Built by J.Dean Benton, Providence , the whole finished in light grey, blue and dull nickel plate and mounted on a wooden display base - 26 x 27in. (66 x 68.5cm.) . Handle for manual operation, glazed cover. See Colour Illustration
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