Ruston H7 diesel and way beyond my handling capabilities. Nevertheless I was given the conducted tour and encouraged to take photos and notes. Lovely people. It sits in its engine house beside the river where it has worked since 1928. The 120 year old family feed business closed in 1999 owing to the farming recession. The owners want the engine to be restored by an enthusiast or museum and remain as a set with its generator. In fact the new owner of the premises is to restore the engine in situ.
The engine is serial 142351 and has its original test cert. (dated 1926) manuals, maintenance log, and a complete set of engine and GA drawings. The last maintenance was carried out in 1964 and it ceased work shortly afterwards. It was originally installed in 1928 to drive lineshafting (still extant) for a flour mill. I guess replacing the water wheels. In 1933/4 with the erection of the "new" feed mill a direct coupled DC dynamo was added (J P Hale and Co of Oldham). This is an open frame type with massive coils. Alongside is the switchboard (4 porcelain 200A fuses) and the compressor and air receivers. One wall is filled with spares including several sets of hernia size bearing shells.
    Also on site are the three motors it drove. These are Rashleigh Phipps and Co 140vdc and 80A at 800 rpm . The engine looks complete and in good shape with much paint remaining.

A view of the whole engine. Bear in mind that the camera was at about 5'3" (my eye height)	Close up of the head end showing the valve gear. Holes in the tin roof have allowed some water damage but it looks superficial.	The head from the other side. Heaven knows where the silencer is.
The flywheel side and original drive pulley. The recent floods have laid about two inches of fine mud on the floor despite being about 5' above the river on the day I visited. The generator is to the left..	The shelves of shells	The receiver for the air start
The best view of the compressor that I could get	One of the three motors