Cornish Beam Engines were a specialist a type of steam engine developed in Cornwall. The county was rich in tin, copper and other metal ore mines, but, as the mines reached greater depths, a means of draining water from the mine had to be found for pumping water from a mine. The beam engines that were developed used steam at a higher pressure than the earlier engines designed by James Watt. The engines were also used for powering man engines to assist the underground miners' journeys to and from their working levels, for winching materials into and out of the mine, and for powering on-site ore stamping machinery.
The models are produced in house on a 3d SLA printer using UV photo polymer resins, creating a detailed model with a smooth surface, ready for final sprue removal, light sanding, priming and then painting.
Dimensions: length = 80 mm, width = 16 mm, height = 25 mmScale: 1:76 --- OO/HO gauge ----4mm/ft.