Posted 10 years ago
tugboatgus
(8 items)
I purchased this item it was part of a nautical lot, I believe it's early 1900 coal powered steam mini engine of some type. But I'm not 100 percent sure. It has a heating coil on the bottom with black coal residue, it stands 11 inches tall the base is 6 inches wide, the wheel is 4 inches wide. The base is steel and upper body and parts are bronze. It has a ball valve that is 1 inch total length tall.
It's actually a toy & ran of of a solid fuel that you placed underneath to create steam. There are belt drive toys to go with these.
This is larger than most I've seen.
Type of fuel used;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexamine_fuel_tablet
Woww thank you for sharing. Tugboatgus
beautiful!!