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FOR SALE: Pearl Twin Cylinder Engine     This Pearl Twin Cylinder 2.5" + 2.5" x 3" engine is an all silicon bronze example with white oak lagging. ISS Member Neil Madsen of Ventura, CA built the engine from a Pearl Complete Machined Engine Kit - detailed photos HERE     Pearl Engines are precise replicas of the engines built in the 1880s by the Edward S. Clark Company of Boston, Massachusetts. The balanced piston valves reduce friction and allow the use of high pressure steam. Large bearing surfaces, long connecting rods and low speed operation produce high torque with excellent longevity, higher efficiency and superb reliability. The engines are a joy to watch in operation.     The engine has only been run on air to ascertain timing and fit. The engine runs very smoothly and reverses instantly. International shipping is available.   Asking $8,900.   Contact:     Roger Grosser     phone: 802-467-3205     email: pearleng@together.net

FOR SALE: Tiny Power Shop Boiler     Vertical Firetube Boiler 6' tall, 30" dia.,  ( 73 )  1-1/4" tubes, rolled in. Code built in 1980 by Dixon Boiler in Los Angles, California with "S" stamp for 250 PSI - see Additional Photos. 100 sq. ft. heating surface. Approximately 85 gallons of water to halfway mark of gauge glass. All plumbing included. Burns solid fuel or oil (oil burner and feed water pump included). Smoke stack has 90deg. bend to exhaust through side of shop (contractor didn't want to put it through the roof because of possibility of leaks). Has spent most of its life under cover and inside. Can be seen at Ozark Steam Engine show grounds, Springfield, MO.   Asking $5,000.   Contact:     Eugene Goebel     phone: 417-724-2645

FOR SALE: New Steam Boat wants new owner.     Professionally built and engineered, this really pretty 18' steamer was launched last year and has had minimal steaming since then. Vertical wet firebox fire tube coal fired boiler 80 - 100psi wp. 2.5" x 3" single with air and feed pumps driven off rockers from crosshead. Keel condenser. Tiller steering. Copper hotwell and reserve feedwater tank. Penberthy injector, whistle etc. Speedy little boat. Visit HERE for fuller details.   Seeking offers on NZD $42,500. Contact:     Russ Ward     49a Beresford St.     Auckland 0622     New Zealand     phone: 6494457088     email: mrward@steam.co.nz

FOR SALE: Étincelle (French for Spark)     LOA 18' x 5' beam x 2.5', 3000 lbs. Cedar strip hull manufactured by Peterborough Canoe of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada circa 1920. Fiberglass covered, in very good condition. "Convertible" canopy (can be lowered for transport) and custom made tarp for storage and long haul transport. 40 sq.ft, wood fired, water tube (modified Ofeldt) non code boiler, safety valve set at 80 psi, water sight glass, hydro tested at 150 psi in 2008. Scratch built 3" x 3" steam engine, Stephenson reversing gear, with steam cylinder lubrication, mechanical water pump, mechanical oil pump, manual water pump, vacuum ejector, steam, oil and inlet water gauges, hour meter, and electronic RPM gauge. Boiler and engine with 250h of operation. Will do hull speed of 6 kt with 70 psi Sold with single axle custom built trailer. For more information Contact:     Luc Briere     514-965-1478 (cellphone)     perebleu@hotmail.com

FOR SALE: 22 foot steam boat - The Razorback     This steamboat has been lovingly cared for by its current owner. The boat has a fiberglass hull with a 7’ 10” beam and a draft of 2'. The bow has 750 lbs. of lead ballast. The boat was built by Beckmann Boatshop, Ltd. in Rhode Island in 1990. The engine was built by the current owner in 1999 and is a Tiny Power 10 hp compound condensing engine fitted with piston valves on the HP and LP cylinders and Stephenson link valve gear.     Vertical firetube boiler burning #2 diesel mixed with 20% K-1 kerosene; has an automatic pressure switch; burns about 1½ gallon of fuel per hour. Takes approximately 12-15 minutes to bring up the pressure. Seats 6-8 adults and has a head with sink, chemical toilet and a 20 gallon fresh water tank. Hard top canopy with roll down curtains and comes with a custom made tarp for road transport. She has been kept in dry storage in Arkansas and comes with a tandem axle trailer with surge brakes.     The boat is available for inspection in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Owner will give prospective buyers more information and instructions for operation. Serious inquires only, please. For further info and price - Contact:     Colleen Ivie     817-846-1700 (cellphone)     colleenivie@gmail.com

HELP! I own an antique 19’ boat in good condition fitted with a Blackstaffe/Wood engine and boiler (vaporizing burner) but know nothing about testing or running a steam engine. Know how to run a pressure or hydro test? Can you talk me through it so I can take it out on Skaneateles Lake? Need advice/instructions and will pay for your time. I live near Syracuse, NY. Thank You. Contact:     Steve Shehadi     315-447-7697 (cellphone)     Shehadi@twcny.rr.com

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: The Steamboat Floating Class-room is a real, shallow river, sternwheel steamboat of the type that plied the Delaware River at Lambertville, NJ and New Hope, PA. She provides an adventure in creative learning where students of all ages can study the source of their drinking water and the role of the river and canals in American History. Project S-P-L-A-S-H = Student Participation in Learning Acquatic Science and History. Environment-based learning on the steamboat can be applied to any school subject and typically emphasizes clean-water ecology. We need volunteers to help teach classes, run the boat or raise funds. For information:      visit the website at http://www.SteamboatClassroom.org      send an email note to info@SteamboatClassroom.org      or call Bart Hoebel at 609-921-6612.

You can email AVL Machine Works at avanluenen@yahoo.com

INSIDE CYLINDER LUBRICATOR. Reproduction of early British type. This type carries a "bowl" on the top to melt the lubricant. This was then transferred, by opening and then closing a valve, to a central bowl where, by opening another valve it was transferred to the cylinder interior "in-steam". Absolutely gorgeous in polished brass. Available from Pearl Engine Co., website: http://homepages.together.net/~pearleng/Lubricator.htm

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