Cruquius pumping station

[bob ward]

Not a model, but extremely cool all the same.

The Cruquius pumping station in the Netherlands has a beam engine with a 3.5m/12' cylinder and 8, yes 8, beams.

Follow the links from Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornish_engine

 

[itowbig]

that was neat

 

[Loose nut]

If there wasn't any full sized models there wouldn't be any small scale ones