Gardner 3J5 1929 - moteur Power Hall, pour bateaux à moteur, au National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni, CH65 4FW
5696 x 5031 px | 48,2 x 42,6 cm | 19 x 16,8 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
14 septembre 2022
Lieu:
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
Informations supplémentaires:
L. Gardner and Sons Ltd was a British builder of diesel engines for stationary, marine, road and rail applications. The company was founded in Hulme, Manchester, England in 1868. It started building engines around 1895. The firm ceased engine production in the mid-1990s. About 1868 Lawrence Gardner set up as a sewing machine maker in Upper Duke Street, Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester. He died in 1890, but the business was continued by his sons under the name L. Gardner & Sons Ltd. Gas and diesel engines From about 1895 the company was building gas engines and, in 1899 it moved into Barton Hall Engine Works, Patricroft, Manchester. Barton Hall Engine Works, Manchester In 1903 it became a limited company, L Gardner and Sons Ltd. Norris and Henty Ltd, of London, were appointed as sales agents. Diesel engine production began in around 1903. In 1912 a new sales subsidiary, Norris, Henty and Gardners Ltd, was formed.
