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Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Diesel Engine

Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Diesel Engine

1927
Model Class 91 electric locomotive, c 1990

Model Class 91 electric locomotive, c 1990

1988-1992
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

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

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

circa 1910
'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
engine part

engine part

Wall-mountable air purification device

Wall-mountable air purification device

2011
Fabric Friction Tester

Fabric Friction Tester

1997
Weft feeler stop motion mechanism

Weft feeler stop motion mechanism

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

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
Bisschop's gas engine, about 1880

Bisschop's gas engine, about 1880

1870-1874
Compressed Air Cylinders

Compressed Air Cylinders

1927
Foundry Patterns

Foundry Patterns

circa 1930s-1940s
M 1 3/4" chain roller bearing

M 1 3/4" chain roller bearing

1922
Hornsea

Hornsea

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
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
Bottle of coaguline by Kay, Stockport, Cheshire, English

Bottle of coaguline by Kay

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

Era moth cartridges

1955-1960
Model washing and wringing machine, c.1870, made by Edward Taylor of Stockport, Cheshire

Model washing and wringing machine

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

Bisschop's gas engine, about 1880

1870-1874
Spare pump rod for OWECO 'nodding donkey' oil pump, built in the early 1940s by the Oil Well Equipment Company Limited in Stockport.

Spare pump rod

1940-1945
Three weights and three beams for OWECO 'nodding donkey' oil pump, built in the early 1940s by the Oil Well Equipment Company Limited in Stockport. Each weight consists of two half-weights. The beams were used to secure the half-weights onto the nodding donkey's 'walking beam'.

Weights and Beams for Oil pumping unit

1940-1945
Wellhead components, including the T-piece, valve and its associated handle for OWECO 'nodding donkey' oil pump, built in the early 1940s by the Oil Well Equipment Company Limited in Stockport.

Wellhead Components for Oil Pumping Unit

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
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
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