Last additions - Diesel Exhibition 2008
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Geoff with Mirlees No 12977 viewslast minute adjustments before the Exhibition begins.
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.May 25, 2009
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Poster used to publicise the Exhibition2550 viewsMay 25, 2009
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Tim Leverton displays the IMechE's Heritage Award2549 viewsGroup Engineering Director & JCB Dieselmax DirectorMay 25, 2009
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Tim Leverton beside the Dieselmax engine display2674 viewsGroup Engineering Director & JCB Dieselmax DirectorMay 25, 2009
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Presenting the Heritage Award2624 viewsfrom the left
Geoff Challinor, Tim Leverton, Thelma Jackson (Mayor of Borough of Macclesfield) Colin Brown, IMechE’s Engineering DirectorMay 25, 2009
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Chairman of the IMechE Heritage Committee wows the volunteers with her footwear2815 viewsthey have measuring tapes up the back.
Prof Isobel Pollock - Chairman of IMechE Heritage CommitteeMay 25, 2009
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Visitors were invited to comment on the Exhibition2704 viewsMay 25, 2009
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Mirrlees models3023 viewsa range of models shows engine development through the yearsMay 25, 2009
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Examples of fuel injection equipment for demonstration purposes2847 viewsin background you can see the Hornsby-Ackroyd Oil Engine built in 1896 May 25, 2009
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View of exhibition displays2705 viewsLeft is sectioned Paxman Ricardo engine, then pieces of the Doxford single-cylinder engine (timing chain, big end, control panel, etc) then screen where videos about Diesel were played throughout the season.May 25, 2009
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MAN Serial number 3944413 viewsdelivered 20th November 1903 to University of BirminghamMay 25, 2009
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Interpretation boards helped to divide up the area4144 viewsMay 25, 2009
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