made by one of our volunteers3280 viewsas these were missing replacements were made copying a pattern one of the volunteers had noticed at another museum
View of display area outside Gardner Room3279 viewsVarious display cabinets added to the exhibition of engines, giving insights into the Gardner family history.
slumbering giant3277 views
Walter Higgenbotham, Mayor of Cheshire East and Mayor of Poynton3263 viewsrelax and discuss the engine after its inaugral run
Geoff gives a brief history of where the engine came from 3248 viewsStott Engine facts:
• Built by SS Stott in 1903
• Horizontal cross compound engine
• Cylinders 12.5 inches and 22 inches by three inches
• Flywheel 10 foot in diameter with a weight of 10 tons
• HP Corliss Valves, LP Slide Valves
• Indicated horsepower 200-250hp
Photographs of the Gardner 4NT3246 viewstaken in May 1935.
This was an experimental engine, never put into production
Gardner 6LYT show model only no engine number allocated3234 views
Don and Graham working on the MAN Diesel3234 viewsin preparation for the Diesel Exhibition
Series of photographs starting the 4L2 for the first time (8)3222 viewsafter its restoration work - just prior to the EHHS presentation May 2005
3217 viewsDuring 1906, the Admiralty specification required lightweight diesel engines for the propulsion of pinnaces and Mirrlees designed a four cylinder unit of 120 BHP at 400 r.p.m. These engines had bed plates of aluminium and columns of manganese bronze. The piston diameter was 9 and three quarter inches with a stroke of 12 inches.
Restoration work on the MAN Diesel - cylinder head inlet and exhaust valves3206 viewsin preparation for the Diesel Exhibition.
It was lifted out in one piece after cylinder were taken off3202 viewsRuston VXA in workshop prior to restoration and cleaning
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