The Stott in steam at last

After years of work by the volunteers at the excellent Anson Engine Museum in Poynton the mill engine saw its first public steaming this weekend. This horizontal cross-compound was built in 1903 by Stott & Co of Haslingden and had operated until 1960 at the premises of Messrs A Barton & Sons, wadding manufacturers, of Hazel Grove, Stockport.