Motive Power
"Model Bower and Qualters patent piston with key in leather case"
Lozenge root radial clearance reaction blade, 3 holes for lacing wires; 14 3/8" x 1 3/8"
Richard's patent 1910 Locknut (spring teeth engaging thread of bolt) on plug screwed 1 in. diam.
Two Dexine Gauge Glass Cones for 3/4" diam. glass tubes
"End-tightened" intergral type reaction blade 4 3/8" x 7/8"
Dr T.H.Horns' patent tachometer in fitted case with two gears and one driving point
Piece of brass dummy strip 8 1/2" long x 3/4"
Two examples of Thompson's airpump valves: (a) Convex; (b) Annular type
Bayliss's patent 1887. "Eureka" lockfast nut. (i.e nib caulked into bolt) and bolt example 3/4" diam.
Piece of boiler scale, that had covered 3 rivets, ground down to show specification of deposit
Lock-Step Piston Ring, 12" diam.
Maker's plate of Urmson & Thompson Ltd, Oldham.
Ogden's patent 1898. "Annular" Steam Trap No.140 in gunmetal, partly sectioned, for 1/2" diam. pipe
1876
Hydraulic pump made by James Parrott, Salford, c.1876. Used until 1987 to power hydraulic presses which made paper rolls for the wallpaper printing industry.
Air Pump valve, Multiplex Type, mounted on board
"Scarab" Patent 131955 Oil Burner, No.3B8
Oil Burner No. 27/71, type A.
1 wooden chute and parts
model, scale about 1:8, furnace inclined fire grate
Rigg's apparatus for recording pressures at every 1000th stroke of in engine
Block current meter in box.
Electro-hydraulic servo motor - M35E hydraulic motor by Hydraulic Transmissions Ltd., complete with Dowty series 4551 flange mounted servo valve
Screw cone fusible plug renewable from the furnace side, screwed 2 in. gas thread
Fourneyron type, outward flow turbine, 3" inside diam, with horizontal shaft, cut in section in museum
Single riveted lap joint, iron plates
Sectioned gland and stuffing box for lift ram
1898
Cardboard box associated with the Single cylinder non-condensing horizontal engine. Box inscribed: “Gib key and Valves for sectioned Corliss inv. 1898-39”, box is empty
Locomotive Type Boiler Plug
gas bag of Bisschop single-cylinder vertical gas engine, no. 927B, made by J. E. H. Andrews, Stockport, 1882.
9" Recording Pressure Gauge reading to 120lbs per sq in., with chart carrier, chart, winding key for clock movement, lock and key for front of case and bottle of ink. No. 5695562
Wheatstone's Electrical Counter, 1858
Steam engine indicator with concentric drum, made by Messrs. Chadburn Bros, in wood case
One steam-turbine rotor blade, 36" long.
7" Dewrance's Patent Vacuum Gauge for indicating absolute pressure. no.4025, Pat. Spec. 24577/09
Maker's plate of Browett, Lindley & Co. Ltd, Patricroft.
c.1960
Single cylinder vertical diesel engine made by L. Gardner & Sons Ltd, Patricroft, c.1960, with associated Instruction Manual and Spare Parts Catalogue.
Segment stainless steel radial clearance short brazed group type of reaction blading, 10 in numbers, 3 lacing wires, 14" high x 9 1/2" long x 1 1/8" wide
Box for Watt's steam engine indicator and 2 line diagrams
1985
Model of Cooling Tower, c1985, scale 1:200
Revolution Counter
Drawing of James Watt's Pumping Engine 1788
c1954-97
Branded rulers (x 4), c.1954-97. Collection part of material relating to L. Gardner & Sons.
Tabor steam engine indicator, in case with key
McNaughts' steam engine indicator 0.25 sq. ins. made by Messrs. Chadburn Bros, in wood box
1807
Model of Maudslay's 1807 table engine (scale 1:24), made by Maudslay, Sons and Field Limited, Lambeth, London, 1807
Small section of Blade-Ring for "Brush-Ljungstrom" Turbine
Perkin's high pressure steam boiler water gauge
1808
Metal rod from the model representing Murray's portable beam engine, by James Fox, Derby, England, 1808
Model of a high-pressure rotative beam engine, in brass on wooden base
Working model in metal of Hick's Rotary engine, 1843 (ie 1887-76), on mahogany base