platform fitted to allow closer inspection of engine3364 views
Geoff Baker double checks everything is ready3333 views1st public running of Largest Steam Engine in Cheshire
Close up of the 1bhp engine showing makers plate3324 viewsThis engine is in lovely condition as can be seen in this close up view
view of the flywheel on the Stott mill engine3318 viewsthis engine has been lovingly restored by our volunteers and will be run "in steam" in September 2011
View of display area outside Gardner Room3304 viewsVarious display cabinets added to the exhibition of engines, giving insights into the Gardner family history.
slumbering giant3304 views
made by one of our volunteers3301 viewsas these were missing replacements were made copying a pattern one of the volunteers had noticed at another museum
Walter Higgenbotham, Mayor of Cheshire East and Mayor of Poynton3291 viewsrelax and discuss the engine after its inaugral run
Geoff gives a brief history of where the engine came from 3275 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
Photographs of the Gardner 4NT3272 viewstaken in May 1935.
This was an experimental engine, never put into production
Gardner 6LYT show model only no engine number allocated3261 views
Don and Graham working on the MAN Diesel3260 viewsin preparation for the Diesel Exhibition