Geoff Baker double checks everything is ready3448 views1st public running of Largest Steam Engine in Cheshire
platform fitted to allow closer inspection of engine3445 views
Walter Higgenbotham, Mayor of Cheshire East and Mayor of Poynton3421 viewsrelax and discuss the engine after its inaugral run
Geoff gives a brief history of where the engine came from 3414 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
view of the flywheel on the Stott mill engine3407 viewsthis engine has been lovingly restored by our volunteers and will be run "in steam" in September 2011
Close up of the 1bhp engine showing makers plate3398 viewsThis engine is in lovely condition as can be seen in this close up view
View of display area outside Gardner Room3394 viewsVarious display cabinets added to the exhibition of engines, giving insights into the Gardner family history.
made by one of our volunteers3390 viewsas these were missing replacements were made copying a pattern one of the volunteers had noticed at another museum
slumbering giant3382 views
Photographs of the Gardner 4NT3361 viewstaken in May 1935.
This was an experimental engine, never put into production
Gardner 6LYT show model only no engine number allocated3354 views
Don and Graham working on the MAN Diesel3348 viewsin preparation for the Diesel Exhibition