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Model of Positive Power Brake System

Single-Cylinder Drop Valve Engine, c1900.

1867-1933

Robey Portable Steam Engine, c. 1938

1938

Supercritical fluid extractor

1991-2000

Grain cleaner and grader

1932-1940

Model (Scale 1:8), semi-portable overtype engine, by Robey & Co.

-1920

Ceramic pot lid for tooth paste, supplied by J. Hague, Lincoln, England, 1860-1910

Ceramic pot lid for tooth paste

1860-1910

Richardson's patent 1873:- combined tube and tubular vertical boiler viz:- (a) Model half section, scale 1:8, on wooden base and (b) Drawing sectional, with description, glazed and framed in Museum

Richardson's patent 1873:- combined tube and tubular vertical boiler viz:- (a) Model half section

1873-1874

One Photograph titled 'Bottle Time for "Titch". Hand written caption on back explains that 'Titch' is the smallest of a litter of 10 piglets which have been hand reared following the death of their mother. The photograph shows Mrs. Heath and Andrew Watson bottle feeding the pigs.

Daily Herald Photograph; Hand Rearing Piglets

1949-04-25

Rule book, British Railways, Staff Association Rules, Lincoln Branch. : 4 1/2 x 3 in.

British Railways Staff Association Rules Lincoln Branch

1948

[Long-service certificate presented to W.A. Gilbert by the Board of Directors of Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln and Grantham, for 50 years' service, 1908-1958. Bears decorative border incorporating armorial devices of Lincoln and Grantham and views of Lincoln cathedral and Grantham parish church]

Long-service certificate presented to W.A. Gilbert by the Board of Directors of Ruston & Hornsby Ltd

1958

Cylinder head of the Ruston high compression airless atomiser oil engine, in section, on wooden stand

Cylinder head of the Ruston high compression airless atomiser oil engine

Model (scale 1:8) of Robey patent undertype winding engine

Model of Robey patent undertype winding engine

Robey-Smith bevel gear cutting machine, patented 1895

Robey-Smith bevel gear cutting machine

1895-1922

Petrol pump, manufactured for Shell-Mex Ltd, by Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, Lincoln. Mark IVA machine no.R1367 patent no.213814

Petrol pump

Booklet - Clayton Patent Steam Rail Coach Working Instructions. Issued by the Clayton Wagons Ltd. of the Abbey Works, Lincoln. Includes illustrations of LNER and Egyptian Railways rail coaches and various technical illustrations. 35pp.

Clayton Patent Steam Rail Coach Working Instructions

Book, 'An abstract of the clauses of the Act, 52nd George III, Cap. 108 ; and the bye laws regulating the trade upon the Witham Navigation.' Published by T. O. Brumby, Lincoln, 1844. Soft covers, 32 pages. British Transport Commission Historical Relics no. 723/58.

Clauses of the Act, 52nd George III, Cap.108; bye-laws regulating trade upon the Witham Navigation.

1844

Model of a Robey Uniflow Engine, 300 indicated H.P. (scale 1:4), on base, plus piston in two halves, with spacer and copper asbestos gasket, and small steel handle, by Robey and Co., Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England

Model of a Robey Uniflow Engine

Two 12-gauge bird scaring cartridges (empty), made by Primetake Ltd., for use in the signal pistol used by the 'Ringway bird scare officer' at Manchester Airport, c.1994.

Cartridges

circa 1994

Line drawings of a four wheels coupled (0-4-0T), 4' 8 1/2" gauge tank locomotive built by Ruston, Proctor & Co., Lincoln, March 1889. Cylinders 10" x 16". One drawing shows side elevation, the other shows side elevation and plan. Both bear stamp 'Ruston, Proctor & Co, Lincoln'.

Drawings of 0-4-0T locomotive

1889