Most viewed - Archive photos of engines and museum views
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Pumping the bellows2024 viewsfor the forge
The crowd gathers to watch the Mirrlees running2024 viewsMidsummer Mingle 2008
working on the Lister2023 views
Crossley Portable during restoration2023 views
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National engine drives several pieces of equipment2022 viewsas they would have been in a typical workshop
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Mingling everywhere you turned2015 viewsMidsummer Mingle 2008
1000 Engine Rally 2007 – inside our stall2014 viewsOn display between the crate and the replica was the Tangye ‘Inverted’ Gas Engine, Built c1903, Engine No 888. Presented to Birmingham Science Museum by Tangye Ltd, Smethwick. Thought to be the only surviving example of the inverted vertical. Has typical Tangye mechanical oiler. Has been in store for several years and is now on loan for the Tangye Exhibition at the museum. Our sincere thanks to the Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery for permission to take the engine to the 1000 Engine Rally.
During a break in filming, Geoff on right with Phil Harding from Time Team 2014 viewsTime Team came to the museum to film part of a "special" on the Holland submarine and the engines that powered them