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Originally Posted by BulldozerD11
Would anyone know the identity of the portable that was between the railway lines near the yard - photo here ? |
It is 12 NHP S Class , single cylinder, piston valve, Marshall works no 89345 of 1942, sent to agents Thomas Smith & Sons, it drove 2 racksaw benches at The Round Timber Supply Co Ltd, Cross-in-Hands, East Sussex, from where Claude Jessett purchased the engine in 1968 for £30.
The above came from an info board on the fence by the engine, during an open day in 9/2007