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Gauges Collection

Background imageGauges Collection: TOOLS / GAUGES ETC / 1889

TOOLS / GAUGES ETC / 1889
Various types of saw, gauge and screwdriver. Also included is a spirit level. Date: 1889

Background imageGauges Collection: Deep sea diver in diving bell, off The Lizard, Cornwall

Deep sea diver in diving bell, off The Lizard, Cornwall
Deep sea diver in a diving bell, preparing to descend to examine oil drilling equipment below the oil rig Atlantic I, 38 miles south west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageGauges Collection: Diesel Fuel Injection Pump Testing

Diesel Fuel Injection Pump Testing
A technician tests a distributor fuel injection pump on a Hartridge machine at the CAV Engineering Centre in Acton, London

Background imageGauges Collection: HMS Marlborough - Part of the Central engine room

HMS Marlborough - Part of the Central engine room. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Background imageGauges Collection: HMS Marlborough - A section of the engine room

HMS Marlborough - A section of the engine room. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Background imageGauges Collection: Shand Mason Horsed Steamer, Bishopsgate, London

Shand Mason Horsed Steamer, Bishopsgate, London
A Shand Mason Horsed Steamer at Bishopsgate, London. Date: 1906

Background imageGauges Collection: Operating the London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw

Operating the London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw below decks Date: circa late 1930s

Background imageGauges Collection: Internal and external standard cylindrical gauges

Internal and external standard cylindrical gauges

Background imageGauges Collection: Engine room of LFB fireboat Massey Shaw

Engine room of LFB fireboat Massey Shaw
London fireboat engineers at work in the engine room of the Massey Shaw. Showing the Port and Starboard engines and various engine and pressure gauges behind the two firefighters

Background imageGauges Collection: Gauges used to manufacture Vickers-Maxim gun

Gauges used to manufacture Vickers-Maxim gun
Gauges used to manufacture the Vickers-Maxim gun, a heavy machine gun which was used from the late 1880s through to the 1940s in many wars by many countries. Date: 20th century

Background imageGauges Collection: Stephensons Great A locomotive

Stephensons Great A locomotive and Fenton, Murray and Jacksons broad gauge locomotive Date: 1897

Background imageGauges Collection: Stephensons Great A locomotive coaching engine

Stephensons Great A locomotive coaching engine, side elevation Date: 1846

Background imageGauges Collection: Broad gauge locomotive built by Fenton, Murray and Jackson

Broad gauge locomotive built by Fenton, Murray and Jackson, Leeds, side elevation Date: 1897


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