Lot 578
"Natalie" a large steam model launch 28x63x27in(71x160x69cm)
21 July 2007, 10:00 BST
Henley on ThamesSold for £2,280 inc. premium
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built by WKF-werft, Baujahr 89. Timber hull, plank on frame, painted black to the waterline and red below, with a varnished top strake. Three blade brass propeller and hand controlled tiller steering. Laid timber decks with oval cockpit, with bench seats fore and aft.
Gas fired boiler, vertical cross tube copper and brass, lagged in mahogany with double chimney. Fitted with water level and pressure gauges, safety valve, blower, clack and blowdown valves, washout plugs and steam line with regulator valve to the Stuart double 10v engine. Brass clad cylinders 3/4in bore by 3/4in stroke, with hand lever and quadrant Stephenson's link reverse, eccentric drive feedpump and flywheel to propeller shaft. Details include anchor and cable, fenders, ensign and staff, burgee and wooden bailing bucket. On a carrying stand. 28x63x27in(71x160x69cm)
Gas fired boiler, vertical cross tube copper and brass, lagged in mahogany with double chimney. Fitted with water level and pressure gauges, safety valve, blower, clack and blowdown valves, washout plugs and steam line with regulator valve to the Stuart double 10v engine. Brass clad cylinders 3/4in bore by 3/4in stroke, with hand lever and quadrant Stephenson's link reverse, eccentric drive feedpump and flywheel to propeller shaft. Details include anchor and cable, fenders, ensign and staff, burgee and wooden bailing bucket. On a carrying stand. 28x63x27in(71x160x69cm)