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Tangye "Soho" c 1875,
8" x 9" stroke, 16 hp. This engine was manufactured before the
Gold Medal was won at the 1878 Paris Expo. Its number, "9",
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| Ransom Head and Jeffries, 1883. 3 nhp = 18 bhp,
14 kw. Single cylinder double acting. Imported one of three
(@ 135 pounds each) for Samuel Terry. |
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Marshall Portable engine 415, 1866. this is reputed
to be the oldest surviving Marshall product in the world and
the oldest documented portable in Australia. At 2.5 nhp
(11 kw) this diminutive engine worked at Bourke, NSW. |
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| Orr and Sembower, c 1890, 8" x 8" 14 hp (11 kw)
bedless or split frame engine. Used in timber industry in Washington
and Oregon states to drive drag saw cutting logs into 16 foot
lengths to go on trains to the saw mills. The only operating
example in Australia. |
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Orr and Sembower, c 1910, 4" x 4" stroke (c 5
kw). Typical small factory engine. |
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| Ronaldson Bros & Tippett of Ballarat, Victoria.
6 nhp (22.5 kw). Built 1920 of 1904 design. Kerosene engine,
no carburettor or ignition system. Drove a 10-stand shearing
shed at Breadalbane. |
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