Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,775 pages of information and 247,161 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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in Poynton, Cheshire
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.
* 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.
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* Note that the museum is closed to visitors during the winter period.
* Note that the museum is closed to visitors during the winter period.


* [http://www.enginemuseum.org/] '''Anson Engine Museum website'''
* [http://www.enginemuseum.org/ '''Anson Engine Museum website'''.]
== See Also ==
== See Also ==
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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

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.

See Also

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