A Stuart Turner Cygnet Finds a New Home at the Office of Steam!
These rarely come available and I am happy to have it here as part of my permanent collection.
Internally it is like new and the seller and I don't think it was ever run.
This one was factory built by Stuart Turner at Henley on Thames. Not sure of the precise age however I do have it's history for more than 50 years.
Here it is as shared by the seller:
Hi Gil, here’s the history of the Cygnet, Bill of Sale attached.
Purchased by Ralph C. Peabody (my maternal grandfather) in the early 1970’s from the UK, seller unknown.
Manchester, NH
WWII Navy Veteran - Radio Operator on the USS Duluth in the Pacific Theatre
Owner/founder of Ralph C. Peabody Commercial Plumbing in Manchester, NH
Given to Peter P. Parady in early 1980’s (his son in-law/my father)
Manchester, NH
Huntington Beach, CA
Danbury, NH
Asheboro, NC
The Cygnet spent most of the last 50 years on display in my grandfather’s and father’s living rooms. It was never run on air or steam that I am aware of at any point during that time. Both my grandfather and father were steam collectors, primarily small scale models. The Cygnet was the largest displacement model in either of their collections.
I hope you enjoy the Cygnet and in time pass it along to another person that will preserve the history of the engine.
Best regards,
Chris
I will add that it is so nice to be handed so much of the history along with the engine. I am honored to carry the torch for this family who cared for it for the last half century.
Below are a few pictures as arrived here and as the clean up begins. I have thoroughly enjoyed beginning to work on this piece as I haven't tackled a good project in some months due to preparing to move to a new home for the Office of Steam. While I am not certain of having enough time, I will do what I can when I can.
Enjoy,
Gil
As arrived and I will say how pleased I am the seller has relatives less than 20 minutes away and they brought it to my door on their way to visit his wife's family.
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As I begin the clean up...
The bore is perfect!
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The timing is a bit off.
As I feared, timing is locked because the eccentrics are keyed in place.
I may need to find someone to cut a new key slot inside the eccentrics bore.
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