Bure Valley Steam Railway
Whilst up in Norfolk for a few days I persuaded the family to visit a steam railway. The most convenient to visit was the Bure Valley Railway. Due to some confusion with the satellite navigation system we ended up in
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Tags: Narrow Gauge, Railway, Steam Engine
James Watt’s biography by Andrew Carnegie
I received a Kindle for Christmas and one of the first things I did was to look for free books to read. I managed to find a few and the first was James Watt’s biography by Andrew Carnegie. James Watt’s
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Tags: Inventing, old books, Steam Engine
James Watt’s Workshop
The Science and Society Picture library has some excellent pictures of Steam Engineer James Watt’s Workshop and the Science Museum’s reproduction of it. The Heathfield House workshop was photographed by J Willoughby Harrison in December 1924 before it was moved
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Tags: James Watt, Science Museum, Steam Engine
Kew Bridge Steam Museum – Festival of Models
Normally the Kew Brige Steam Museum showcases its massive water pumping steam engines (along with a history of steam development and a small museum). Next month it’s exhibits will be a lot smaller as it is having a festival of
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Tags: Kew Bridge Steam Museum, Models, Steam Engine
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
