A fine .1/30 scale model of the vertical reversing triple expansion engine of the Inman Line Steamer 'City of Paris',

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A fine .1/30 scale model of the vertical reversing triple expansion engine of the Inman Line Steamer 'City of Paris',
designed and built by Wm. Brooks 1900, with brass bound mahogany lagged cylinders 1.5/8in., 2¼in. and 3¾in. bores x 2.1/8in. stroke, valve spindle and piston rod tail shaft guides, IP to LP valve chest transfer pipe, studded cylinder head stuffing boxes, rear frame incorporated slipper type crosshead guides, handwheel worm and quadrant operated Stephenson's link reverse, LP crosshead driven air and feed pumps with pipework to LP rear frame incorporated condenser, the frame with label embossed 'W. Martin & Co. East RD., West Ham London', the exhaust steam being carried inside the LP rear frame direct from the cylinder. Further details include crankshaft, split between LP and IP cranks, carried in four main bearings and spoked flywheel, cast bed, finished in black, dark brown and polished brightwork, wood base with brass plate engraved 'Designed and built by Wm Brooks of Staplehurst To .1/30 Scale of the Engine of City of Paris 1900' -- 22½ X 18IN. (56 X 45.7cm.)

Lot Essay

The label for W. Martin & Co. presumably refers to the manufacture of the castings for this engine, the design referring to the two triple expansion engines fitted to City of Paris when she was launched in 1888 by Thomsons of Glasgow, who also built the engines. City of Paris was sold to American Lines in 1883 and renamed Paris; overhauled and re-engined with quadruple expansion engines by Harland and Woolf, Belfast, 1900 and renamed Philadelphia

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