Locomotive cabside number plate, brass, Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway No 33, 4-4-0, built by Beyer Peacock & Co, 1888, withdrawn c1933 Cabside number plate, Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway 1888
Locomotive worksplate, "Gas Turbine locomotive designed and built by Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd, 1950, Power 3,000 HP from Turbine 2,500 HP at Rail Speed 90 mph maximum service tractive effort 60,000 lb maximum 30,000 LA Continuous", bakelite, rectangular, rounded corners, ex British Railways (Western Region) GT A1A-A1A Bo 18100 of 1950, worked from Old Oak Common from January 1952 to November 1953, rebuilt in January 1958 by Metropolitan-Vickers, Stockton as an electric locomotive and renumbered E1000, renumbered E2001 in October 1959 and used in wind-resistance tests, withdrawn April 1968, cut up January 1973 by John Cashmore Ltd, Great Bridgeford. Worksplate, Metropolitan-Vickers 1950
Manchester College of Technology Dyeing, Printing and Finishing Department printed calico cotton cloth apprentice piece 1918-1950
Set of four 7/8" diameter 9 t.p.i. screwing taps, by Joseph Whitworth and Company, Manchester, Lancashire, England, 1850-1857. This is a set of four taps. First, the smallest diameter and most tapered tap is screwed into the pre-drilled hole. Then taps 2 and then 3 are screwed into the hole. Finally, the tapping process is finished with the largest tap with the most flutes. This is the finishing tap and should give a finer finish to the threads. Four 7/8" diameter 9 t.p.i. screwing taps, for nut fastener manufacture 1850-1857