Gardner 2LW3083 views24 bhp at 1200 rpm
Engine no 169677 built between 1 July 1969 and 2 January 1970
Used on a ship to drive a winch unit until 1999
Series of photographs starting the 4L2 for the first time (5)3081 viewsafter its restoration work - just prior to the EHHS presentation May 2005
Display cabinets being prepared3081 viewsit was difficult to know what to leave out - there was so much to chose from
being transferred to the lorry3081 viewsHornsby oil engine November 2010
Close up of the gear wheels on the First Style Crossley Atmospheric3078 viewsDetails of the gears and mechanisms show in this shot
Geoff working on the large engine3075 viewsThis is an example of the largest size built of the Crossley Brothers Atmospheric-Free Piston engine; it is rated at 3 horsepower
Walter Higgenbotham was invited to start the engine for its 1st run3074 viewsWalter was instrumental, along with Les Cawley, for taking the engine out of the Albion Mill in Hazel Grove some 27 years ago
Pete gets caught photographing the photographer3067 viewsduring the presentation of the EHHS plaque May 2005
Geoff Challinor invites the Mayor of Cheshire East to say a few words3058 viewshe described the museum as the jewel in the crown at the North West end of the County
Close up of the fuel pump before it is removed for cleaning3056 viewsRuston VXA
Geoff with Mirlees No 13054 viewslast minute adjustments before the Exhibition begins.
This is the first engine every built in the UK (and only the 3rd ever built in the world). It was completed in November 1897 by Mirrlees, Watson, Yaryan & Company Limited in Glasgow.
The Aktinson engine creates interest3049 viewsearly on Easter Sunday the unusual engine gets the imagination going - the engine was coaxed into life later in the day.
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