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Model Class 91 electric locomotive, c 1990

Model Class 91 electric locomotive, c 1990

1988-1992
Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Diesel Engine

Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Diesel Engine

1927
Herety Touring Bicycle

Herety Touring Bicycle

1983
Tobacco Spinning Machine used at the Co-operative Wholesale Society's Tobacco Factory

Tobacco Spinning Machine used at the Co-operative Wholesale Society's Tobacco Factory

'Memrex Senior' Electric Firebar Rod Winding Machine, used by Ferranti Ltd.

'Memrex Senior' Electric Firebar Rod Winding Machine, used by Ferranti Ltd.

Collection of objects and archives relating to engines used by Thomas Redfern

Collection of objects and archives relating to engines used by Thomas Redfern

1846
Two-bladed screw propeller from 'Miss England II'

Two-bladed screw propeller from 'Miss England II'

1930
Fabric Friction Tester

Fabric Friction Tester

1997
Weft feeler stop motion mechanism

Weft feeler stop motion mechanism

Hornsea

Hornsea

Wall-mountable air purification device

Wall-mountable air purification device

2011
engine part

engine part

Stockport Platform Ticket

Stockport Platform Ticket

1846-1922
Roller Mill for Corn Grinding

Roller Mill for Corn Grinding

circa 1910
Cavity wall ties (2) from Reddish Conservative Club

Cavity wall ties (2) from Reddish Conservative Club

1880
Photograph of radio ham

Photograph of radio ham

27 Feburary 1963
M2" Chain Roller Bearing

M2" Chain Roller Bearing

1920
Tobacco Spinning Machine used at the Co-operative Wholesale Society's Tobacco Factory

Tobacco Spinning Machine used at the Co-operative Wholesale Society's Tobacco Factory

Metal Guard for Tobacco Spinning Machine used at the Co-operative Wholesale Society's Tobacco Factory

Metal Guard for Tobacco Spinning Machine used at the Co-operative Wholesale Society's Tobacco Factory

Era Moth Cartridge

Era Moth Cartridge

1955-1960
Era Moth Cartridge

Era Moth Cartridge

1955-1960
Era Moth Cartridge

Era Moth Cartridge

1955-1960
Motor, Gearbox, and Horsehead on Walking Beam for Oil Pumping Unit

Motor, Gearbox, and Horsehead on Walking Beam for Oil Pumping Unit

1940-1945
oil tank

oil tank

Foundry Patterns

Foundry Patterns

circa 1930s-1940s
Components for Tobacco Spinning Machine used at the Co-operative Wholesale Society's Tobacco Factory

Components for Tobacco Spinning Machine used at the Co-operative Wholesale Society's Tobacco Factory

Era Moth Cartridge

Era Moth Cartridge

1955-1960
Era Moth Cartridge

Era Moth Cartridge

1955-1960
Stuffing Box for Oil Pumping Unit

Stuffing Box for Oil Pumping Unit

1940-1945
Compressed Air Cylinders

Compressed Air Cylinders

1927
Bisschop's gas engine, about 1880

Bisschop's gas engine, about 1880

1870-1874
Dumpy level in case by J. Halden & Co. Ltd

Dumpy level in case by J. Halden & Co. Ltd

circa 1910
M 1 3/4" chain roller bearing

M 1 3/4" chain roller bearing

1922
Model electric locomotive, scale 1/24, prototype 1-car overhead electric unit for Chung Mong Tramway, China, by Betrix, Stockport, c 1988.

Model of electric locomotive for Chung Mong Tramway, c 1988

1983-1993
Bisschop's gas engine, 1870-1874, size 1 1/2 man power, no. 27124 (see notes)

Bisschop's gas engine, about 1880

1870-1874
Bottle of coaguline by Kay, Stockport, Cheshire, English

Bottle of coaguline by Kay

This Oweco ‘nodding donkey’ oil pump was built sometime in the early 1940s by the Oil Well Engineering Company Limited (OWECO) and was installed at the Eakring oilfields in Nottinghamshire. The oil pump stands at approximately 15 feet, and is around 4 feet 6 inches wide, 11 feet long, and weighs an estimated 2.5 to 3 tons. The body and frame of the oil pump is painted a light green. This design by OWECO was very simple, where the walking beam is pulled up and down on one side two arms attached to a motor. At the other end of the walking beam is the ‘horsehead’ which serves as a counterbalance for the pump, and is also where the pump is connected to the wellhead via a rod bar. The attached motor will turn a belt, moving the up and down creating a ‘nodding effect’ as the horsehead elevate and declines.

Oil pumping unit (nodding donkey)

1940-1945
Great Central Railway handbill advertising Sunday excursions to Checker House, Retford, Leverton, Cottam & Torksey. Dated July 1903 and signed by Sam Fay, general manager.

Great Central Railway handbill advertising Sunday excursions to Checker House

1903
Lithograph. London and North Western Railway. Stockport Viaduct. Shows viaduct over river, buildings ond road. Horse-drawn and pedestrain traffic on road, train about to cross viaduct. Drawn and lithographed by A F Tait. Printed by Bradshaw and Blacklock. (1848). 19.0945 x 22.2441 in.

London and North Western Railway. Stockport Viaduct.

1848
Swingfire anti-tank wire-guided missile, co-developed and made by British Aircraft Corporation, England, British Aircraft Corporation (Guided Weapons), England and Fairey Engineering Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire, England, 1958-1969

Swingfire anti-tank missile

1958-1969
Wire bobbin, for Swingfire anti-tank wire-guided missile, co-developed and made by British Aircraft Corporation, England, British Aircraft Corporation (Guided Weapons), England and Fairey Engineering Ltd, Stockport, Cheshire, England, 1958-1969

Wire bobbin

1958-1969
British Railways (London Midland Region) handbill advertising "Go by Train each Weekday 17th June to 7th September,1963 to Chinley, Miller's Dale, Buxton, Matlock". Single sided sheet printed in green with train times and fares. BR reference number BR35000 F138/R (Day). Issued May 1963.

Go by train

1963
Packet of soft foam earplugs, used by swimmers to prevent ear infection, with instruction leaflet, by Cabot Safety Ltd., Stockport, Cheshire, English, 1988

Packet of soft foam earplugs

1988
Excursion leaflet for the North Wales and Liverpool Railway. Advertising cheap day and half day excursions tickets every Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday to Storeton, Heswall Hills, Neston and Parkgate, Burton Point and Chester. Reverse side advertising outings to Chester for Eaton Hall and Harwarden. Issued May 1900 by Dean and Dawsons.

North Wales and Liverpool Railway Half-Holiday Excursions to North Wales

1900
British Railways (London Midland Region) handbill advertising "Excursions daily 7th September, 1964 to 13th June 1965 to Wrexham, Ruabon, Gobowen, Oswestry and Shrewsbury via Chester. Single sided sheet printed in green with train times and fares. BR reference number BR35000 F88/R. Issued August 1964.

Excursions daily to Wrexham, Ruabon, Gobowen, Oswestry, Shrewsbury via Chester

1964
British Railways handbill advertising "Day Excursions to Birmingham - 20/6, Dudley Port 18/3, Wolverhampton 16/9 until June 14th 1964." Single sided sheet printed in red with train times and fares. BR reference number BR35000. Issued June 1964.

Day excursions to Birmingham, Dudley Port, Wolverhampton

1964
Five rolls of Era moth cartridges, made by Kay Brothers Ltd., Stockport, England, 1955-1960

Era moth cartridges

1955-1960
Excursion leaflet for the North Wales and Liverpool Railway. Advertising cheap day and half day excursions tickets every Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday to Storeton, Heswall Hills, Neston and Parkgate, Burton Point and Chester. Reverse side advertising outings to Chester for Eaton Hall and Harwarden. Issued May 1900 by Dean and Dawsons.

North Wales and Liverpool Railway Half-Holiday Excursions to North Wales

1900
Instructions book, "Special Instructions Relating to Goods, Mineral and Live Stock Traffic", 169pp. R.C.H. 60003, printed by Dean & Co., Stockport, published by the Railway Clearing House, October 1947.

Special Instructions Relating to Goods, Mineral and Live Stock Traffic

1947
Model washing and wringing machine, c.1870, made by Edward Taylor of Stockport, Cheshire

Model washing and wringing machine

1870