National Diesel Engine

Made:: circa 1940 in Ashton-under-Lyne

maker:: National Gas and Oil Engine Company Limited

Diesel engine, type MBSE, engine no. 270116; 12bhp, National Gas and Oil Engine Company Limited, 1940.

The National Gas Engine Company was founded in 1890 by Henry M. Bickerton at Wellington Works, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Initially, the company manufactured engines designed to run on town gas.

In 1932, it became the National Gas and Oil Engine Company. In the 1930s, the company was taken over by the sucessors of Mirrlees-Bickerton & Day Limited. In 1966 the name of the company was changed to Mirrlees National. In 1977 it became Mirrlees-Blackstone, part of Hawker Siddeley.

Details

Category:: Motive Power

Object Number:: Y1982.31

Materials:: cast iron, steel (metal) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Measurements:: overall: 1610 mm x 1880 mm x 710 mm, 871.5 kg

type:: diesel engine

credit:: Gift of Tameside College of Technology

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Parts

Engine Body

Diesel engine.

Part of National diesel engine, type MBSE (Y1982.31).

Measurements:: overall: 1610 mm x 1880 mm x 710 mm, 871.5 kg
overall (additional part): 335 mm x 170 mm x 590 mm,
overall (not including plinth): 1090 mm x 920 mm x 1660 mm,
overall (including plinth): 1560 mm x 920 mm x 1870 mm,