Series of photographs starting the 4L2 for the first time (7)2895 viewsafter its restoration work - just prior to the EHHS presentation May 2005
Trying speed saver bedding compound2894 viewsfor bedding in the bearings.
Ruston VXA
Gardner 4CR built 1908 engine number 74542890 viewsMarine petrol engine sold for installation on a 32' private launch named "Mascot" (but later renamed "Duchess") and used on Lake Windermere
Engine Plate2880 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
Gardner 4T5 being videod by Granada2878 viewsthe museum will be featured in an episode of "What's On" to be screened Aug 2006
The engines being polished2878 viewsFinal preparations included the polishing of all the Gardner engines on display
Pump in the pit a floor below the engine2859 viewsthe engine is on the ground floor above
Leading into the Exhibition Hall2858 viewsDdisplay materials and interpretive boards lead the visitor through to the Exhibition Hall
Gardner 8HF2854 viewsoriginally tested on 28 August 1926 and sold to G Buxton & Son, 17 Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham
Was used to drive a stone saw
Geoff meets President of IMECHE2849 viewsJust before the presentation of the EHHS plaque May 2005