Anson Engine Museum

Anson Engine Museum Gallery

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Coach trip from Louth 9 April 20081321 viewsGeoff runs the Gardner 4T5
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Coach party from Louth 9 April 20081321 viewsGeoff talks about the Gardner and its history before running it
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then there were fireworks1321 views
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Summer 20031319 viewsLean to building being erected
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Engines need to be moved out off storage area to make room for new exhibition1318 views
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National driving the workshop1318 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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Crowd starts to gather1317 viewsAfter great debates it is decided to try and get the Atkinson engine running. It has not been run in living memory.
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Snow and cold makes work even more difficult1316 views
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Back of lean to building, late summer 20031316 views
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Model engines being assembled for display1316 views
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1000 Engine Rally 2007 – inside our stall1316 viewsvisitor intrigued by the crated Blackstone engine.

Blackstone Type JPI, HP 16, RPM 800, Engine Number JPL 83L 301. It had been sent to the African Water Technology Exhibition, Nairobi, Kenya in 1982 where it was on Stand No 109 driving a water pump. It was recently found (still crated) having been returned from the Exhibition to the Mirrlees factory in 1982. It had lain forgotten about for 25 years!
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Roof for steam engine building and new building are at 90 degrees to each other1313 views
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