MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Stanley]

Sorry Tom. no, but I can see why you thought that.

[Steeplejerk]

Is it a steam turbine ?

[Stanley]

You're getting there Tom! Not steam......

[Tizer]

Water turbine? Quarry Bank Mill in Styal, Cheshire?

[Stanley]

Well done Peter, exactly right. It was removed so that they could rebuild the water wheel in there. The one that we took out of Glass Houses at Pately Bridge......
Next for shaving?

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Gloria]

Is it a pressure gauge of some sort?

[Steeplejerk]

Is it to test for gas leaks ??

[Stanley]

Yes it's a pressure gauge. No it's not for gas leaks. It has a specialised use. What is it?

[Big Kev]

Compression tester for engines?

[PanBiker]

I agree with Kev, probe end with the rubber seal is pushed against the spark plug socket once the plug is out. Engine turned and you have the cylinder pressure.

[Stanley]

Dead right Kev. A compression tester.



What is it?

[Big Kev]

Piston ring clamp.

[Big Kev]

I'll drop this one in here. Can anyone name the famous ship and where the picture was taken? For a bonus what year?

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[PanBiker]

I know but I'll not spoil it.

[Stanley]

Clamp is right Kev. Is it the Queen Elizabeth?

[Gloria]

Windrush 1956?

[Big Kev]

Not the Queen Elizabeth or the Windrush and a bit earlier than 1956.

[Cathy]

Gosh Kev, that’s quite an image of the ship.
It took me back to ‘64 when we came to Australia on the Himalaya. We went thru the Suez Canal.
There was a war happening and they stopped the shooting from one side to the other so that we could pass thru.
We could see the soldiers on either side.

[Stanley]

I didn't realise that happened Cathy......
Is the ship the United States?

[Big Kev]

It isn't

[Tizer]

Is it Cunard's Mauretania, at Liverpool perhaps? Alternatively the old Dutch liner, the Nieuw Amsterdam?

[Big Kev]

Tizer has the ship, it is The Mauritania. The location is further south and has a royal connection.

[Stanley]

Sarfampton?

[Big Kev]

Not that far south.