Lot Essay
The prototype engine, No.47662/47663, was originally installed in Eastney Pumping Station in South Portsmouth in 1902, converted to run on North Sea gas in 1971 and is preserved on site.
Details
A finely engineered museum display quality 1/12 scale model of the Crossley Opposed Cylinder Gas Engine No.Y2 originally built circa 1902
and modelled by A. Walshaw No.185 with horizontally opposed waterjacketed cylinders 1in. bores x 2in. stroke, tapered conncting rods with marine type big end bearings on a common counterbalanced crank, the crankshaft running in two main bearings mounted centrally in the engine frame and one outboard of the curved spoked flywheel with barring ring and handwheel. Both cylinders are fitted with gear driven camshafts with rope driven 'splash' type cylinder lubricators, cam and rocker operated inlet and exhaust valves, hot tube ignition, gear driven shaft 'hit and miss' governor and linkage, underfloor mounted gas, water and exhaust pipework, the whole finished in maroon, black and polished brightwork with blacked steel crank cover and laddered walkway and mounted on a simulated terracotta and white tiled floor with handrails and chequer plate pipe duct covering -- 13 x 25in. (33 x 65.5cm.) Display base, data and drawing.
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and modelled by A. Walshaw No.185 with horizontally opposed waterjacketed cylinders 1in. bores x 2in. stroke, tapered conncting rods with marine type big end bearings on a common counterbalanced crank, the crankshaft running in two main bearings mounted centrally in the engine frame and one outboard of the curved spoked flywheel with barring ring and handwheel. Both cylinders are fitted with gear driven camshafts with rope driven 'splash' type cylinder lubricators, cam and rocker operated inlet and exhaust valves, hot tube ignition, gear driven shaft 'hit and miss' governor and linkage, underfloor mounted gas, water and exhaust pipework, the whole finished in maroon, black and polished brightwork with blacked steel crank cover and laddered walkway and mounted on a simulated terracotta and white tiled floor with handrails and chequer plate pipe duct covering -- 13 x 25in. (33 x 65.5cm.) Display base, data and drawing.
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