View of display area outside Gardner Room3451 viewsVarious display cabinets added to the exhibition of engines, giving insights into the Gardner family history.
Close up of the 1bhp engine showing makers plate3449 viewsThis engine is in lovely condition as can be seen in this close up view
made by one of our volunteers3444 viewsas these were missing replacements were made copying a pattern one of the volunteers had noticed at another museum
slumbering giant3436 views
A-frame steam engine3433 views
Photographs of the Gardner 4NT3415 viewstaken in May 1935.
This was an experimental engine, never put into production
Don and Graham working on the MAN Diesel3407 viewsin preparation for the Diesel Exhibition
Gardner 6LYT show model only no engine number allocated3406 views
Series of photographs starting the 4L2 for the first time (8)3393 viewsafter its restoration work - just prior to the EHHS presentation May 2005
3387 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.
It was lifted out in one piece after cylinder were taken off3379 viewsRuston VXA in workshop prior to restoration and cleaning
Gardner family at the opening ceremony3366 viewsThe museum was priveleged to have so many members of the Gardner family present at the opening ceremony