Post by spurley on Nov 26, 2006 10:42:32 GMT
Hi John (Lancelot)
Didn't get to the club yesterday after all, but will be home Thursday evening so have all day Friday to prepare for the 'big one'! Maybe you could drop round in the morning if you are free? Siobhan will be at work until 12.30 and then I think we are going shopping for the final few Christmas items!
Please see attached link: www.nelmes.fsnet.co.uk/paxman/paxports.htm , this is a few photo's I found of what are known as portable engines. They were not able to move themselves but were drawn by horses to farms during the harvest season and used to power machinery. Many were delivered to farms or factories and installed 'permanently' to drive plant. A variant of these engines was the portable boiler; similar but with no engine! They were also drawn by horses and were intended as replacements, short or long term, for permanently installed steam plant. I believe there were thousands (?) produced by the War Office to assist factories after bombing raids to get them up and working again quickly whilst the boiler rooms were put back in order.
What I am suggesting is that you produce some wheels and shafts for the Tich boiler and have it as one of these portable boilers, it is a relatively simple solution and also prototypical. Kew Museum was certainly powered by at least two of these boilers when I visited in the '80's.
Cheers
Brian
Didn't get to the club yesterday after all, but will be home Thursday evening so have all day Friday to prepare for the 'big one'! Maybe you could drop round in the morning if you are free? Siobhan will be at work until 12.30 and then I think we are going shopping for the final few Christmas items!
Please see attached link: www.nelmes.fsnet.co.uk/paxman/paxports.htm , this is a few photo's I found of what are known as portable engines. They were not able to move themselves but were drawn by horses to farms during the harvest season and used to power machinery. Many were delivered to farms or factories and installed 'permanently' to drive plant. A variant of these engines was the portable boiler; similar but with no engine! They were also drawn by horses and were intended as replacements, short or long term, for permanently installed steam plant. I believe there were thousands (?) produced by the War Office to assist factories after bombing raids to get them up and working again quickly whilst the boiler rooms were put back in order.
What I am suggesting is that you produce some wheels and shafts for the Tich boiler and have it as one of these portable boilers, it is a relatively simple solution and also prototypical. Kew Museum was certainly powered by at least two of these boilers when I visited in the '80's.
Cheers
Brian
