All 4 cylinders and heads fitted3060 viewsRuston VXA
Crank shaft shows some numbers but no serial number3053 viewsRuston VXA
Display case being assembled3052 viewsmany additional items were loaned to the museum to display during the exhibition including photographs and trinkets from the Gardner family
Engine partly dismantled ready for transportation to Cheshire3052 viewsJanuary 1997
Looking down the exhibition area towards Mirrlees No 13048 viewsFirst diesel engine ever built in the UK (in Glasgow) 1897. Also the 3rd ever to have been built in the world.
Perkins display stand3040 views
JCB lifts the flywheel to load onto lorry3033 viewsHornsby oil engine November 2010
Display cabinets outside Gardner room3029 viewsmany additional items were loaned to the museum to display during the exhibition including photographs and trinkets from the Gardner family
Frank Barton (91) whose family owned Barton Mill where the engine came from3029 views
National gas engine3027 views
1920 National gas engine3025 views
Putting together the new Guides3025 viewsalways lots of work in those last few days before opening