Cheshire | Science Museum Group Collection

Foden 4-axle rigid chassis, 1970, with Holmes blower and 700 cubic ft. metalair tipping tank for granulated sugar. Chassis no. 67990. Registration no. BUU 990H. Foden Trucks date to 1856 with a small engineering company in Cheshire. Foden Trucks gained a reputation for quality engineering and played a key role in the evolution of commercial road transport up until it was absorbed by PACCAR Inc in 1980. This example was part of a large fleet of tankers that worked for the sugar giant Tate & Lyle Ltd. They had to deliver sugar from the London depots to a number of confectionary factories in southern England, and had been specially modified for the job. The sugar was discharged by tipping the tank and then blown out with compressed air from the Holmes blower.

Foden 4-axle lorry

1970

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Ordinary copper ore from Alderley Edge, Cheshire

Screw, late 18th century

Canister of salicylamide tablets

Guillotine manufactured by W. Crosland in Bredbury in 1911 and used by Allsops

Twaddell hydrometer

'Hibisol' disinfectant as used in treating MRSA patients

Glass 'streamline' hydrometer marked J W Towers Ltd

Set of scales

Glass streamline hydrometer by J W Towers

Six Twaddell hydrometers by J W Towers

Specific gravity hydrometer

Oulton Gold Cup Race

Samples of polyethene, c. 1935.

Twaddell no 6 hydrometer

Cardboard box

Canister of warfarin tablets

Glass 'streamline' hydrometer marked J W Towers Ltd

Twaddell no 1 hydrometer

Glass streamline hydrometer by J W Towers

Daily Herald Photograph: Tithe War

John Surtees, Oulton Gold Cup Race

Daily Herald Photograph: Potato harvest

Daily Herald Photograph: Giant beanstalk

Glass specific gravity hydrometer by J W Towers

Prototype BT Fast Dial Telephone

Twaddell no 4 hydrometer

Pair of telescopic dowsing rods, 1994

Steam valve from plant at Solvay Soda works, 1920s

Oulton Gold Cup Race

Jim Clark, Oulton Gold Cup Race

Daily Herald Photograph: Packing potatoes for market

Daily Herald Photograph: Packing potatoes

Daily Herald Photograph; Pig Farming

Jack Brabham, Oulton Gold Cup Race

Daily Herald Photograph; Basket Making

Experimental Structure for the X3 Satellite

Model (scale 1:200) of the Jodrell Bank Lovell Telescope

Hays portable gas analyser for the analysis of exhaust gas from furnaces and I.C. engine exhaust

S.21 flat bed lorry

Foden 4-axle lorry

Twaddell no 4 hydrometer

Bottle of "Penotrane" tincture

Model 100 balance made by J W Towers & Co

Glass streamline specific gravity hydrometer by J W Towers

Bottle of "Tenormal" tablets

Bottle, contains "penotrane" tincture

Single Pan Electrical Balance

Twaddell no 6 hydrometer

Glass hydrometer with no intermediate markings

Berisford's weaver collection