Stationary Engine - December 2017

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Onslow Park: The Onslow Park rally is now one of
this country’s premier events for vintage
equipment, especially stationary engines, Beechgrove Collection
Open Day: Patrick Knight attended the Beechgrove Collection Open Day 2017, where American-built engines took pride of
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A Visit To The Manchester Museum Of Science & Industry

The Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester has been somewhere I have wanted to visit for a number of years. Based in the centre of Manchester, the museum is home to a large collection of internal combustion and steam stationary engines. These are housed in the museum’s Power Hall, with some of the engines run on a regular basis.

2 mins

45 Years And Out For Well And Stationary Engine Steward

The Welland Steam & Country Rally, held in the shadow of the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire, is renowned for its display of stationary engines, with the engine section considered by many to be amongst the best and most varied in the UK.

2 mins

Making Life Easy

Making Life Easy

1 min

Ledbury's Edwardian Water System

The Hereford Waterworks Museum has one of the largest collections of historic working water pumping engines in the UK. It aims to set water pumping system displays in context, especially where are strong local connections.

1 min

West Cape Tractor & Engine Club Show- South Africa

The West Cape Tractor and Engine Club Annual Show was held on 11th and 12th August at our ‘home’ showground in Villiersdorp, South Africa.

1 min

Wilton Engine Extra

I was interested in the Wilton engine article featured in issue 522 as I have one of these engines, complete with generator and radiator cooling system, all of which looks to be original. When I purchased the engine it came with a control board, but I do not know if is an original Wilton board.

1 min

Heenan & Froude Extra

My article in Stationary Engine, issue 522, giving a brief insight into how the term Brake Horse Power was arrived at, was not intended to be a full treatise on dynamics or thermodynamics but also to give our readers an insight into the development, usage and types of dynamometers over the years.

1 min

Touring Kent

Over a period of two weeks during August, my wife Lynne and I, as representatives of the Sussex & Kent Weald Stationary Engine Group, attended two events in Kent.

2 mins

Beechgrove Collection Open Day 2017

The Beechgrove Collection was founded in 1969 after the proprietor, Derrick Hardwick, acquired a 1904 Petter Handyman Oil Engine that had been sold through agricultural agents R A Lister & Co of Gloucester.  

2 mins

Four Cylinder Mark Webber Engine

A friend, John Steel, recently purchased a four-cylinder Mark Webber engine; it was a nonrunner at that time.

1 min

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Stationary Engine magazine is a read that takes you into the fascinating world of the stationary engine. The engineering & mechanical hobby that doesn't cost a fortune to join. The collection, restoration and study of stationary engines is a far bigger hobby than most people imagine.