Watt Victor Model Steam Engine

This is a Watt Victor Model Steam Engine manufactured by The Harvey Miller Corporation of Pennsylvania
and thats about all i know! This particular fine example hails from Orefield which is also in Pennsylvania.
From research on the internet i have found that there was at least one other model, the Watt Junior,
which was a horizontal engine. From the design i would say it's probably circa 1950s but it may be earlier.

The simplicity of the design of this engine is amazing. The cylinder has a small recess in the middle
between the the inlet & exhaust holes, the engine plate has a corresponding raised pinhead.
The cylinder pivots about this and is held in place by that metal clip at the top of the boiler, no
fancy springs here! The safety valve is a square weight with a hole drilled through the middle
which holds a small brass rod. This simply sits on the boiler filler hole.

Thanks to my friend and fellow model steam engine collector Charlie Miller i now know a lot more about these
engines. Although manufactured by the Specialty Instrument & Machine Company ( SIM Co) these model steam
engines were distributed by the Harvey - Miller Corporation. There were five engines in the range three horizontal
and two vertical. The horizontal engines were, The Watt Master, The Watt Senior and the Watt Junior. The vertical
engines were The Watt Special and The Victor.

Video here.

This advert was very kindly supplied to me by Charlie Miller.

The safety Valve!

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