SS Robin

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David Middleton was a senior lecturer of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He worked in the department from 1968 until he retired in 2004, and was part of notable engineering projects such as the NCR development of the ATM Cash Machines during the 1990s, carried out in collaboration with the University of Dundee.

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E-mailed to University Archivist by David Middleton and deposited by him

David Middleton was a senior lecturer of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He worked in the department from 1968 until he retired in 2004, and was part of notable engineering projects such as the NCR development of the ATM Cash Machines during the 1990s, carried out in collaboration with the University of Dundee.

Description compiled by Kenneth Baxter, September 2018 and added to by Caroline Brown 2022

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SS Robin was a ship built on the Thames in 1890 at Bow Creek London the ship was towed to Dundee for installation of the engine and boiler by Gourlay Brothers. The ship was retired in the 1980s after an extraordinary long working life and was acquired by the Maritime Trust. This may be the only extant Gourlay Engine in existence. While the ship was stored at Tower Bridge Wharf the engine nameplate was stolen. The ship has been berthed at various docks in London and the hull has been restored. It is now in the care of a trust near Bow Creek and the plan was to have the ship placed in the dry as a heritage exhibit-tourist attraction. David Middleton visited the ship ca 2009 and noted the plate was missing. With the help of University of Dundee students of Mechanical Engineering David Middleton led a project to make a new plate using modern computer based manufacturing methods of design and manufacture.

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