To give an example of the sizes of antique machinery at the 'other' end of the spectrum, here's an 1875 Edward S Clark steam launch engine made in Boston. This engine would have comfortably pushed a launch of 25 to 30 feet, and swing a prop around 16". When you consider the detail that gunsmiths of the same period were required to achieve, this is crude by comparison, but considered by steam nuts, not unlike myself, to be a real find. It's about 2' feet tall and one of the few pieces of my steam stuff my wife lets me keep indoors, occupying a window seat in the den. I took this about 10:30 last night hence the lousy lighting.
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