View along the engine, mostly reassembled2889 viewsRuston VXA
Trying speed saver bedding compound2886 viewsfor bedding in the bearings.
Ruston VXA
Gardner 4CR built 1908 engine number 74542884 viewsMarine petrol engine sold for installation on a 32' private launch named "Mascot" (but later renamed "Duchess") and used on Lake Windermere
Engine Plate2873 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
Gardner 4T5 being videod by Granada2872 viewsthe museum will be featured in an episode of "What's On" to be screened Aug 2006
The engines being polished2871 viewsFinal preparations included the polishing of all the Gardner engines on display
Pump in the pit a floor below the engine2855 viewsthe engine is on the ground floor above
Leading into the Exhibition Hall2852 viewsDdisplay materials and interpretive boards lead the visitor through to the Exhibition Hall
Gardner 8HF2851 viewsoriginally tested on 28 August 1926 and sold to G Buxton & Son, 17 Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham
Was used to drive a stone saw
Geoff meets President of IMECHE2845 viewsJust before the presentation of the EHHS plaque May 2005