Photograph taken inside Harkers Engineering shop no.4 which used to operate out of Church Road, Stockton.
Left – Right: Ian Stirman, Steve Smith, Alan Jones, Ted Burridge, Derek Proctor, Joe Hussey, Dave Pitt, Brian Bargewell, Rob Gill, Terry Magson, Norman Bellerby, Brian Townsend, Billy Sharp, Keith Chapman, Dave Fisher, Ray Speechley, John Alderton, Les Brown, Jeff Cave, Colin Burton, Jack Morris, Bobby Toward, Bob Dawson, Eddie Latimer.
Photograph and details courtesy of Mike Bellerby.
Can anyone please tell me what the half shell is/was for….to me it looks like some bearing shell…but for what? A ships engine maybe?
Hi Larry, it was part of a G.E turbine. I’ve uploaded another picture to this site which shows it complete. Spinning blades would be installed throughout the length to create the power. This was a seven series and we also did a bigger 9 series as well as lot’s of other G.E bits. I was told, whether totally true, that once shipped to America the parts were kept outside in a desert environment on shelves until they needed that particular part. Mike