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Museum News From Previous Years
3 marine engines from National Maritime Museum
‘Agnes’: overheating bearing.
Sisson Marine: restoration and first steaming
‘Reliant’: restoration started: time capsule discovered; arrival of crankshaft and paddle hub.
Holmes Triple; pistons and valves missing.
‘Reliant’: restoration started; working on paddlewheel.
Yarwood Marine: restoration started;
JS White Marine: rebuilding started.
3 engines arrived from Bradford Industrial Museum.
‘Reliant’: crankshaft machined and welded together;
started on paddle feathering gear;
crankshaft fitted.
Yarwood marine: progress report.
JS White marine: rebuilt and steamed.
Flemming & Ferguson: large flywheel fitted.
Qualter Hall engine: restoration started -
Yarwood Marine: trial steaming.
‘Reliant’: progress report on paddle wheel.
Holmes Triple: removed from the museum..
Engine from Bradford: restoration started.
2 Weir boiler feed pumps arrived.
2 marine engines on loan from Salters of Oxford.
‘Reliant’: progress report on feathering gear’
Extension to the museum started..
Extension to the museum completed.
Thornewill & Warham: repairs to valve rods etc.
Mill Engine ‘Rhoda’ arrived.
‘Reliant’: restoration started on the steering engine.
Small engine by Farmer Bros. Restoration started.
Worthington Pump: restoration started.
Beam Engine: update on foundations/walls etc.
work on cracked bedplate;
working on the entablature.
Ship’s capstan and steering engines arrived; restoration started.
Steering and Capstan engines: update report.
Beam Engine: grinding rig designed and in use to refurbish the crankshaft journal.
Beam Engine: dismantled in College grounds.
arrived on low loader; restoration started
Plenty Marine Engine: completely rebuilt.
Ship’s capstan and steering engines: update.
Beam Engine: update -
various rods/shafts cleaned and polished;
badly corroded bearing journal.
‘Reliant’: steering engine completed and steamed.
rudder mechanism under construction.
Farmer Bros. Engine: progress report: trial run on compressed air.
Robey two cylinder: adjustment to cross head.
Cameron Pump: restoration started.
Farmer Bros.: is it a steam engine or a vacuum pump?
Beam Engine: finished grinding crankshaft journal;
machining bottom half of brass bearing.
Steering and Capstan engines: completed restoration;
trial steaming etc.
Cameron pump: machining bent crankshaft.
Evans pump: restoration started.
Beam Engine: finished grinding crankshaft journal;
machining bottom half of brass bearing.
Steering and Capstan engines: completed restoration;
trial steaming etc.
Cameron pump: machining bent crankshaft.
Evans pump: restoration started.
Beam Engine: Alignment of main bearings;
Crank shaft installed;
Barring engine designed and installed.
Evans pump: restoration continued;
New piston rods made;
Renewed inner main bearing.
Beam Engine: HP & LP cylinders fitted to bedplate;
HP & LP eccentric rods and slide valves
fitted;
Entablature restored to original length,
walkway & safety hand rails installed;
Entablature hoisted and secured to top
of columns.
Hayward & Tyler Steam Pump:
Restoration completed.
Beam Engine: Parallel Motion assembled and fitted. Painted, and lining detail added. Lifted into place onto the columns. Aligned with cylinders etc.
Piston rods and pump rods attached.
Beam Engine: Installation and commissioning of Esam Unijet 500 exhauster