Anson Engine Museum

Anson Engine Museum Gallery


Most viewed - Archive photos of engines and museum views
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Great Days Out Fair - Reebok Stadium Feb 071326 viewsA magnum of champagne and two crystal glasses was presented by Alice Ferguson at the show.
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Coach trip from Louth 9 April 20081325 viewsGeoff runs the Gardner 4T5
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Coach party from Louth 9 April 20081325 viewsGeoff talks about the Gardner and its history before running it
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Crowd starts to gather1323 viewsAfter great debates it is decided to try and get the Atkinson engine running. It has not been run in living memory.
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everyone is in high spirits as the engine coughs and starts to respond1323 viewsAfter great debates it is decided to try and get the Atkinson engine running. It has not been run in living memory.
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Summer 20031322 viewsLean to building being erected
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National driving the workshop1322 viewsType M, S/No 37708, built 1929, 10 HP, Towns gas with high-tension ignition. Used in Barnsley Technical College as a teaching engine. It now runs the next display - typical workshop machinery being run by the engine – a drill, a lathe and a shaper.
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Snow and cold makes work even more difficult1321 views
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Engines need to be moved out off storage area to make room for new exhibition1321 views
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Geoff explains to the crowd what is happening1321 viewsand the significance of the Atkinson engine in engine development
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Back of lean to building, late summer 20031320 views
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1000 Engine Rally 2007 – inside our stall1319 viewsvisitor intrigued by the crated Blackstone engine.

Blackstone Type JPI, HP 16, RPM 800, Engine Number JPL 83L 301. It had been sent to the African Water Technology Exhibition, Nairobi, Kenya in 1982 where it was on Stand No 109 driving a water pump. It was recently found (still crated) having been returned from the Exhibition to the Mirrlees factory in 1982. It had lain forgotten about for 25 years!
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