made by one of our volunteers3277 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 Room3274 viewsVarious display cabinets added to the exhibition of engines, giving insights into the Gardner family history.
slumbering giant3270 views
Walter Higgenbotham, Mayor of Cheshire East and Mayor of Poynton3256 viewsrelax and discuss the engine after its inaugral run
Geoff gives a brief history of where the engine came from 3242 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 4NT3239 viewstaken in May 1935.
This was an experimental engine, never put into production
Don and Graham working on the MAN Diesel3230 viewsin preparation for the Diesel Exhibition
Gardner 6LYT show model only no engine number allocated3227 views
Series of photographs starting the 4L2 for the first time (8)3215 viewsafter its restoration work - just prior to the EHHS presentation May 2005
3213 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 valves3200 viewsin preparation for the Diesel Exhibition.
It was lifted out in one piece after cylinder were taken off3200 viewsRuston VXA in workshop prior to restoration and cleaning
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