Anson Engine Museum

Anson Engine Museum Gallery


Most viewed - Engines at the Museum
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platform fitted to allow closer inspection of engine3341 views
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Geoff Baker double checks everything is ready3309 views1st public running of Largest Steam Engine in Cheshire
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Close up of the 1bhp engine showing makers plate3302 viewsThis engine is in lovely condition as can be seen in this close up view
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view of the flywheel on the Stott mill engine3294 viewsthis engine has been lovingly restored by our volunteers and will be run "in steam" in September 2011
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slumbering giant3285 views
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View of display area outside Gardner Room3283 viewsVarious display cabinets added to the exhibition of engines, giving insights into the Gardner family history.
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made by one of our volunteers3282 viewsas these were missing replacements were made copying a pattern one of the volunteers had noticed at another museum
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Walter Higgenbotham, Mayor of Cheshire East and Mayor of Poynton3265 viewsrelax and discuss the engine after its inaugral run
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Geoff gives a brief history of where the engine came from 3251 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
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Photographs of the Gardner 4NT3249 viewstaken in May 1935.

This was an experimental engine, never put into production
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Gardner 6LYT show model only no engine number allocated3237 views
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Don and Graham working on the MAN Diesel3236 viewsin preparation for the Diesel Exhibition
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