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Object Name Ruston 9H
Description Horizontal single cylinder 51hp diesel engine previously used for driving a... more
Horizontal single cylinder 51hp diesel engine previously used for driving a drainage pump. Supplied to the Carlton Colville Drainage Board the engine was replaced by an electric pump. Following a problem with the electric pump the diesel was brought back into service 1986 and ran for a number of weeks to keep the fen drained.
Object Date 1923-01-23
Manufacturer Ruston & Hornsby Ltd
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Category Engine
Accession No IF:LN:2003:022
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Object Name Ruston 6XHR
Description Horizontal single cylinder 36hp diesel engine originally used in a stone ya... more
Horizontal single cylinder 36hp diesel engine originally used in a stone yard at Caerphilly
Object Date 1938-01-01
Manufacturer Ruston & Hornsby Ltd
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Category Engine
Accession No IF:2016:62
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Object Name National P Type Gas
Description Horizontal single cylinder gas engine
Object Date 1913-01-13
Manufacturer National Gas and Oil Engine Co. Ltd.
Works Number 29204
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Category Engine
Accession No IF:LN:2003:029
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Object Name Worthington Simpson Twin
Description Vertical twin cylinder two stroke diesel engine originally based at the Kew... more
Vertical twin cylinder two stroke diesel engine originally based at the Kew Sewage Pumping Station in London
Object Date 1928-04-02
Manufacturer Worthington Simpson Ltd
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Category Engine
Accession No IF:2003:001
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Object Name Tangye MLD7
Description Horizontal twin cylinder 4 stroke diesel engine originally used at the Whit... more
Horizontal twin cylinder 4 stroke diesel engine originally used at the Whiteways Cider factory at Whimple near Exeter.
Object Date 1929-01-27
Manufacturer Tangyes Ltd
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Accession No IF:2023:073
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Object Name Allen S30
Description Vertical four cylinder diesel engine originally driving an Allen centrifuga... more
Vertical four cylinder diesel engine originally driving an Allen centrifugal pump for drainage work.

Originally installed at the Catsholme Pumping Station, part of the Wissey Internal Drainage Board and pumping the Common Dyke into the River Wissey.

The 108hp engine drove a Conqueror pump through a flexible coupling delivering 70 tons of water a minute against a 16 foot head.

Object Date 1938-05-23
Manufacturer W. H. Allen Sons and Co. Ltd
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Category Engine
Accession No IF:LN:2003:226
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