Collection of plans and supporting documentation from the University of Salford relating to a Hydraulic Pumping Engine donated to the Science and Industry Museum and displayed in the Power Hall. The Hydraulic pumping engine, including instrument panel, was made by W. J. Galloway & Sons, Manchester, c.1909, and converted to electric drive by the Hydraulic Engineering Co. in 1927. It was formerly located at the Manchester Corporation Waterworks Water Street Pumping Station (now the People's History Museum).

The collection accompanies the hydraulic pumping engine and consists of: 1 bound photographic record of the rebuilding and rehousing of the engine; a group of five black and white photographs showing the engine at Water Street Pumping Station; two interpretation panels; and 110 engineering drawings relating to the construction, maintenance and modification of the engine throughout its working life.