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2010 season
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 Piano base Crossley in the new Induction Area1451 views
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 Looking down what was the main part of the museum1325 views
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 Mirrlees engine UL8 type1413 viewsS/No 85780 built with a Ricardo Comet combustion chamber Mark – ULB, Power – 370 BHP, Speed – 600 RPM. Originally supplied to Corby and District Water Co. Northants circa 1942. Thought to have been built in 1939.
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 Furnival engine1429 viewsS/No 369 built in 1898, ˝ HP Towns gas with tube ignition. Originally used at Peak Press, Chapel-en-le-Frith. Now driving a Furnival platen printing press, type set letters are on display. The future aim is to have the press actually printing.
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 Workshop machines1270 viewsThe set-up shows typical workshop machinery being run by the engine – a drill, a lathe and a shaper. It is run by the National engine to the side.
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 National driving the workshop1316 viewsType M, S/No 37708, built 1929, 10 HP, Towns gas with high-tension ignition. Used in Barnsley Technical College as a teaching engine. It now runs the next display - typical workshop machinery being run by the engine – a drill, a lathe and a shaper.
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 Memorial Building looking down from the Piano Base1337 viewsshowing some of the exhibits in this section - Crossley overhung, Griffin, Crossley Poppet Valve, Crossley Slide Valve - then down to other engines in distance
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 Memorial Building - ICE Exhibition1444 viewsLooking towards exit
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 Memorial Building - ICE Exhibition1476 viewsbottom of building looking towards the Wells Bros engine. (Designed by John H Hamilton (chief engineer of Wells Bros) c1896. This was the first “Pressure-Scavenging” engine using low pressure air to clear the cylinder of the exhaust gases.)
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 Memorial Building - ICE Exhibition1545 viewsLister engines and lighting plant
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 Memorial Building - ICE Exhibition1497 viewsfrom bottom of building looking back towards early engines. On left front Mirrlees No 1, on right Hornsby Ackroyd, in distance Atkinson-cycle engine, Griffin, Crossley piano base
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 Memorial Building - ICE Exhibition1677 viewsMirrlees No 1, this is the first engine every built in the UK (and only the 3rd ever built in the world). It was completed in November 1897 by Mirrlees, Watson, Yaryan & Company Limited in Glasgow.
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