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Builds, Repairs, Show Your Machines! => Videos The Office of Steam Cinema => Topic started by: parallelmotion on March 14, 2024, 09:18:45 pm

Title: Re: Carette steam fountain lives again
Post by: parallelmotion on March 18, 2024, 07:10:54 pm

Thanks. It was from a private collection.

Title: Re: Carette steam fountain lives again
Post by: Woe is me on March 18, 2024, 05:06:06 pm

The more I watch it the more I love it. That's a fabulous fountain. Where'd you find it?

Title: Re: Carette steam fountain lives again
Post by: Woe is me on March 15, 2024, 08:17:11 pm

That's much better. Beautiful set up, they did make cooler accessories back then.

Title: Re: Carette steam fountain lives again
Post by: Stoker on March 14, 2024, 11:11:56 pm

They sure knew how to create aesthetically pleasing steam toys back in the day! 

Title: Re: Carette steam fountain lives again
Post by: St Paul Steam on March 14, 2024, 09:33:33 pm

What a fantastic combination steam engine and dbl water fountain, this is really special and you have it running well.

Title: Carette steam fountain lives again
Post by: parallelmotion on March 14, 2024, 09:18:45 pm

After having resolved the running problems of the engine (see that thread for more info), this Carette fountain is running well now. The fountain itself also required dismantling and work. This was an original construction from the factory as I have seen two identical examples. I missed the first at auction a couple of years ago and was not going to let this one get away. The engine is model 655/1, smallest in a series of heavy-duty engines with a center flue and thick, one-piece boiler. Both components are shown in an 1899 catalog but probably not the combination (the 1899 copy is incomplete). 
https://youtu.be/bKMGLw9BW94