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Mulsifyre projector type 25

Hydraulic accumulator

1907

single phase alternator

1885-1890

"The Mather" Kier

1885-1900

"Mulsifyre" projector type 25 - sectioned

Turbine Governor

Mather and Platt Nameplate

1900

steam engine

1887

Jam jar filling machine

circa 1940

'Mulsifyre' water projector, type 114

Collection of papers and objects from the Mather family

circa 1870-2006

Collection of Mather & Platt objects and archives.

circa 1883-2000

Switchgear Attached to Steel Frame with Box on Front

Mather and Platt mobile pea-viner c.1965

1960-1970

Ashworth & Parker Electricity Generating Set

1910

'Manchester' dynamo, made by Mather & Platt Ltd

circa 1886

'Manchester' dynamo, around 1886.

circa 1886

Dynamo and pump made by Mather & Platt Ltd

1890 ca.

Electric Switchgear

1936
Mather and Platt 5A 25HP motor from Snaefell Mountain Railway, Isle of Man.

Mathers and Platt 5A 25HP motor, Snaefell Mountain Railway

Automatic "Mulsifyre" control - sectioned

Automatic "Mulsifyre" control - sectioned

1900-1954
Mulsifyre control

Mulsifyre control

Steam and Vacuum Gauge

Steam and Vacuum Gauge

circa 1859
No. 00 three stage Plurovane Pump no. 9994 complete with tundish, plug cock etc, no handle

No. 00 three stage Plurovane Pump no. 9994 complete with tundish

1-2 chamber, high lift, centrifugal turbine pump - patented by Prof. Osborne Reynolds, 1875. 3" diameter, No. 1488 - sectioned in Museum Workshop.

1-2 chamber, high lift, centrifugal turbine pump

Mather & Platt electric fire pump, used for driving a sprinkler system at Blackpool Town Hall. cast iron; A centrifugal impeller pump and motor, switchgear, resister bank for starting motor, switchgear and resistor bank (or shunt). The pump is a fine example of a Manchester-built Mather and Platt fire pump. Whereas several steam powered fire pumps of the early twentieth century survive in preservation, this is the only electrically driven pump of its era made by this famous local company which this museum has acquired at the time of writing in 2009.

Mather & Platt electric fire pump

circa 1938
[Photos (4) and information cards etc. (6) re Grinnell, Mulsifyre and Protectospray sprinkler systems / Mather and Platt Ltd. 1960s. Photos depict /1 Grinnell type 'E' sprinklers protecting an office block; /2 Grinnell type 'C' automatic sprinklers installed in a woodworking shop; /3 Mulsifyre protection of oil-filled transformers; /4 Protectospray equipment installed on Shell's spherical and cylindrical storage vessels containing liquefied petroleum gas. The information sheets give details of the three systems, and list the types of plants etc which would benefit from their installation. Grinnell, Mulsifyre and Protectospray systems were all sold by Mather & Platt Ltd of Manchester]

Photos (4) and information cards etc. (6) re Grinnell, Mulsifyre and Protectospray sprinkler systems

1960s
Mercerising machine, made by Mather & Platt at Park Works, Newton Heath, in 1913 and used at Pollock & Cochrane Ltd's factory in Paisley, Scotland, 1913-2002.

Mercerising machine

1913
Small-scale, three roller textile printing machine made by Mather & Platt Ltd in Manchester, about 1900-1950 and used by students in the Polymer and Fibre Science Department at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. Includes two sets of three copper engraved rollers, ink trays and wooden inking rollers.

Roller textile printing machine

1900-1950
2" wet control valve with alarm motor and gong for sprinkler installation

2" wet control valve with alarm motor and gong

Pressure cooker and pressure reducing cooler. Pilot model built by Mather and Platt, Manchester for Cambden Food Preservation Research Association, 1934. Said to be first continuous can sterilizer in Europe. Received in partially dismantled condition

Pressure cooker and pressure reducing cooler. Pilot model built by Mather and Platt

1934
Motor and wheels from tramcar traction bogie from Snaefell Mountain Railway Manufactured by Mather & Platt Ltd.

Motor and wheels from tramcar traction bogie from Snaefell Mountain Railway

1895