Pallot Heritage Steam Museum
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The Pallot Heritage Steam Museum is a mechanical heritage museum in the Parish of Trinity
in Jersey
.
s where his enthusiasm for steam was born.
In the early 1930s Don opened Central Motor Works at Sion, Trinity, the agricultural works which was to become so well known throughout the Island. He was an engineer who invented several implements which were to make the life of the Jersey farmers easier.
The Pallot Elevator Digger, Last Furrow Reversible Plough, Single Furrow Reversible Plough, Tractor Mounted Côtil Winch and Tractor Mounted 2 Point Linkage Transport Box can be seen in the Museum today. His ability to improvise proved invaluable during the difficult years of the Occupation of Jersey
by Nazi Germany
during World War II
.
It was at his home at Sion that Don raised his large family of 6 sons and 5 daughters with his wife of 62 years Dolly. It was in Dolly's honour that the Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies
traction engine
was so named “Dolly May”.
s were brought in from Great Britain
, Belgium
and Alderney
and restored to form part of his vast and varied collection. Don died in 1996 at the age of 85.
and Compton Theatre organ
were amongst the many exhibits moved into their much brighter and spacious location. The well attended official opening ceremony took place on Liberation Day 2002. Mr Michael Wilcock, owner of the former Jersey Motor Museum, cut the ribbon and declared the new Pallot Steam Museum open.
Trinity, Jersey
Trinity is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is in the north east of the island.Trinity has the reputation of being the most rural of Jersey's parishes, being the third-largest parish by surface area with the third-smallest population. The parish covers 6,817 vergées...
in Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
.
Don Pallot
The museum was founded by Lyndon Charles Pallot, (known as ‘Don'), who was born in Trinity and educated at the parish school. He developed an interest in mechanics from an early age and, after leaving school at the age of 14, started remaking bicycles until he became a trainee engineer at Jersey RailwayJersey Railway
The Jersey Railway was opened in 1870 and was originally a standard gauge railway, long, in Jersey in the Channel Islands. Converted to narrow gauge in 1884 and extended, the line closed in 1936. It is not to be confused with the Jersey Eastern Railway....
s where his enthusiasm for steam was born.
In the early 1930s Don opened Central Motor Works at Sion, Trinity, the agricultural works which was to become so well known throughout the Island. He was an engineer who invented several implements which were to make the life of the Jersey farmers easier.
The Pallot Elevator Digger, Last Furrow Reversible Plough, Single Furrow Reversible Plough, Tractor Mounted Côtil Winch and Tractor Mounted 2 Point Linkage Transport Box can be seen in the Museum today. His ability to improvise proved invaluable during the difficult years of the Occupation of Jersey
Occupation of the Channel Islands
The Channel Islands were occupied by Nazi Germany for much of World War II, from 30 June 1940 until the liberation on 9 May 1945. The Channel Islands are two British Crown dependencies and include the bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey as well as the smaller islands of Alderney and Sark...
by Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
It was at his home at Sion that Don raised his large family of 6 sons and 5 daughters with his wife of 62 years Dolly. It was in Dolly's honour that the Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies
Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies
Ransomes, Sims and Jeffries was a major British agricultural machinery maker producing a wide range of products including traction engines, ploughs, lawn mowers, combine harvesters and other tilling equipment. They also manufactured aeroplanes during the First World War...
traction engine
Traction engine
A traction engine is a self-propelled steam engine used to move heavy loads on roads, plough ground or to provide power at a chosen location. The name derives from the Latin tractus, meaning 'drawn', since the prime function of any traction engine is to draw a load behind it...
was so named “Dolly May”.
The museum
Don started collecting what he could of our mechanical heritage, with his ambition being realised in 1990 with the opening of the Pallot Steam Museum. LocomotiveLocomotive
A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
s were brought in from Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
and Alderney
Alderney
Alderney is the most northerly of the Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is long and wide. The area is , making it the third-largest island of the Channel Islands, and the second largest in the Bailiwick...
and restored to form part of his vast and varied collection. Don died in 1996 at the age of 85.
How the museum started
The L C Pallot Trust was established with the object of promoting the permanent preservation of steam engines, farm machinery, vehicles and much more. The Trustees are Don's surviving 4 sons and 4 daughters.Opening and extension
The Museum was opened to the public in 1990 and, in those days, it was housed in older adjacent buildings. The Engine Shed and Victorian Style Station Platform were later constructed and officially opened on Liberation Day 1996 by Senator Dick Shenton. The large extension to the Engine Shed, which was completed in 2002, provides a setting for the vast and varied array of exhibits. A Church Pipe organPipe organ
The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes selected via a keyboard. Because each organ pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass...
and Compton Theatre organ
Theatre organ
A theatre organ is a pipe organ originally designed specifically for imitation of an orchestra. New designs have tended to be around some of the sounds and blends unique to the instrument itself....
were amongst the many exhibits moved into their much brighter and spacious location. The well attended official opening ceremony took place on Liberation Day 2002. Mr Michael Wilcock, owner of the former Jersey Motor Museum, cut the ribbon and declared the new Pallot Steam Museum open.
- Steam Locomotives
- Belgium 0-6-0T La Meuse built in 1931. On static display awaiting overhaul.
- Peckett and SonsPeckett and SonsPeckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use...
0-4-0ST No. 2129 "Kestrel". Operational, boiler ticket expires in 2012. - W.G. BagnallW.G. BagnallW. G. Bagnall was a locomotive manufacturer from Stafford, England. It was founded in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall and ceased trading in 1962 when it was taken over by English Electric Co Ltd. The company was located at the Castle Engine Works, in Castle Town, Stafford...
0-4-0ST No. 2450 "J T Daly" built in 1931. Overhaul planned to start soon. - Peckett and SonsPeckett and SonsPeckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use...
0-4-0ST No. 2085 "Foleshill" built in 1948. On static display awaiting overhaul.