Close up of the 1bhp engine showing makers plate3381 viewsThis engine is in lovely condition as can be seen in this close up view
View of display area outside Gardner Room3376 viewsVarious display cabinets added to the exhibition of engines, giving insights into the Gardner family history.
made by one of our volunteers3375 viewsas these were missing replacements were made copying a pattern one of the volunteers had noticed at another museum
A-frame steam engine3375 views
slumbering giant3362 views
Photographs of the Gardner 4NT3341 viewstaken in May 1935.
This was an experimental engine, never put into production
Gardner 6LYT show model only no engine number allocated3337 views
Don and Graham working on the MAN Diesel3332 viewsin preparation for the Diesel Exhibition
Series of photographs starting the 4L2 for the first time (8)3317 viewsafter its restoration work - just prior to the EHHS presentation May 2005
3314 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 off3301 viewsRuston VXA in workshop prior to restoration and cleaning
Restoration work on the MAN Diesel - cylinder head inlet and exhaust valves3295 viewsin preparation for the Diesel Exhibition.