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 Geoff with Mirlees No 13208 viewslast minute adjustments before the Exhibition begins.

This is the first engine every built in the UK (and only the 3rd ever built in the world). It was completed in November 1897 by Mirrlees, Watson, Yaryan & Company Limited in Glasgow.May 25, 2009
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 Poster used to publicise the Exhibition2701 viewsMay 25, 2009
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 Tim Leverton displays the IMechE's Heritage Award2699 viewsGroup Engineering Director & JCB Dieselmax DirectorMay 25, 2009
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 Tim Leverton beside the Dieselmax engine display2811 viewsGroup Engineering Director & JCB Dieselmax DirectorMay 25, 2009
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 Presenting the Heritage Award2758 viewsfrom the left
Geoff Challinor, Tim Leverton, Thelma Jackson (Mayor of Borough of Macclesfield) Colin Brown, IMechE’s Engineering DirectorMay 25, 2009
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 Chairman of the IMechE Heritage Committee wows the volunteers with her footwear3024 viewsthey have measuring tapes up the back.

Prof Isobel Pollock - Chairman of IMechE Heritage CommitteeMay 25, 2009
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 Visitors were invited to comment on the Exhibition2912 viewsMay 25, 2009
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 Mirrlees models3241 viewsa range of models shows engine development through the yearsMay 25, 2009
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 Examples of fuel injection equipment for demonstration purposes3073 viewsin background you can see the Hornsby-Ackroyd Oil Engine built in 1896 May 25, 2009
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 View of exhibition displays2924 viewsLeft is sectioned Paxman Ricardo engine, then pieces of the Doxford single-cylinder engine (timing chain, big end, control panel, etc) then screen where videos about Diesel were played throughout the season.May 25, 2009
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 MAN Serial number 3944630 viewsdelivered 20th November 1903 to University of BirminghamMay 25, 2009
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 Interpretation boards helped to divide up the area4347 viewsMay 25, 2009
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