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__NOTOC__ The engine Collection (Dansk Motor- og Maskinsamling) by the town Grenå on the peninsula Djursland in Denmark, at the entrance to The Baltic Sea holds Northern Europe's largest collection of stationary engines, with over 450 engines on exhibit, most of them restored and functioning.〔http://motorsamlingen.dk/〕 The Collection has got a machine shop for dismantling and rebuilding engines, where new parts are made, when necessary. The Collection also exhibits some historical machinery, such as a band saw based sawmill driven by a Bukh engine via an elaborate belt drive, connecting the indoor engine with the outdoor sawmill.〔 == Organization == The engine Collection is a foundation based on volunteers with many special skills, such as mechanical specialists in the field of engine restoration. A task that may include milling of new cylinders, pistons and glow heads with the contours of the old rusted parts as models, as well as manufacture of all sorts of engine parts that are missing or to or damaged or rusted for repair. The collection has a club of working supporters. The members may have a background from metal-industry or engines, or have other skills and resources needed to undertake the maintenance and expansion of a mechanical restoration institution and a museum.〔 The Collections finances depend on goodwill from foundations and private sponsors, such as industries that work in related fields, and are interested in preserving the history of technology, and are willing to make equipment and manpower available. In one case this involved ship transport with a tug boat, cranes and flatbed trailer, when 3 large B&W engines from the deserted military island Flakfortet in Øresund, across the Kattegat had to be moved to Grenaa on Djursland for restoration.〔 The flywheel in it self for these engines weighs 1.5 tons.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Engine Collection」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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