Anson Engine Museum

1908 Campbell gas engine, ex-Shad Thames Pumping Station

1897 diesel engine by Mirrlees, Watson, Yaryan and Co. First diesel engine built in Britain

1883 'Piano base' Crossley gas engine

1835 warning sign from Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows

Preheating the cylinder heads of a Gardner semi-diesel

Atkinson 'Cycle' engine on loan from Delft Technical Museum

Anson Road, Poynton, Cheshire, SK12 1TD.

• Friendly museum with a superb collection of internal combustion engines, mainly diesel and gas-fuelled, including very rare and very early examples. Also several stationary steam engines, including a large mill engine by S. S. Stott and Co and a rare Fowler beam engine.

• Note that the museum is closed to visitors during the winter period.

• Anson Engine Museum website.

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