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    • Black Country Living Museum costumed characters and car on period street.
      Venue: Heritage site, Museum, Industrial heritage site County: West Midlands County Black Country Living Museum Dudley
    • a black and white photograph of a simple steam locomotive with cabin
      Article: News Chaloner loco back in business thanks to 135-year-old photo at Leighton Buzzard Railway
      Volunteers at Leighton Buzzard Railway have made changes to their iconic steam loco Chaloner after a 135-year-old photo revealed its original appearance.
      13 July 2012
    • a photo of three men holding a plaque with a large crane looming behind them
      Article: News Clydebank Titan Crane recognised with award from Institution of Mechanical Engineers
      The Clydebank Titan has joined the likes of Tower Bridge, the Vulcan Bomber and the PS Waverley in being awarded an Engineering Heritage Award.
      09 July 2012
    • Article: Interview Curator's Choice: Brian Radam of The Lawnmower Museum chooses the 22" Atco Standard Nine Blade
      Curator's Choice: Brian Radam, Director and Curator of the Lawnmower Museum, picks the 22" Acto Standard Nine Blade (1921). Designed by Charles Henry Pugh, the machine is made from cast iron and brass.
      01 March 2009
    • a black and white photo of men and women outside a tin roofed house with a porch and veranda
      Article: Interview Curator's Choice: Five Cornish miners from the Cornish Global Migration Programme
      Michael Kiernan, Director of the Cornish Global Migration Programme in Redruth, relates five of his favourite stories about Cornish miners, migrants, murderers and divorcees.
      29 May 2012
    • Resource: Handling collection or artefacts, Workshop or activity session, Teachers' pack or notes County: Cornwall Electrifying Victorians
      Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, Penzance
      Porthcurno Telegraph Museum | Penzance
    • Enfield Museum's temporary exhibition space, currently full of sporting equipment through the years for the 'Our Sporting Life' exhibition
      Venue: Archive, Museum County: Greater London Enfield Museum Enfield, Middlesex
    • Venue: Industrial heritage site, Museum County: Norfolk Fakenham Museum of Gas & Local History Fakenham
    • A black and white photo of an ancient locomotive steam training running along
      Article: News Flying Scotsman off tracks for two years as report calls for contractor
      The National Railway Museum will appoint independent engineers in a bid to complete the restoration project on the famous 4472 locomotive.
      14 March 2013
    • Gayle Mill Trust Logo
      Venue: Heritage site County: North Yorkshire Gayle Mill Trust Hawes
    • Victory Shaft Headgear at Geevor Tin Mine
      Venue: Industrial heritage site, Museum, Archive, Heritage site County: Cornwall Geevor Tin Mine Museum and Heritage Centre Penzance
    • Article: Interview Hidden Treasure - Peter Turvey of The Science Museum at Wroughton reveals the Empress of India traction engine
      In his own words... Peter Turvey of The Science Museum at Wroughton reveals the joys of an 1881 McLaren Traction Engine, ‘Empress of India’.
      09 April 2009
    • a photo of a man looking down a mine shaft
      Article: Feature In pictures and in their own words: The miners reviving a centuries-old tradition of Cornish mining
      Cornish Mining World Heritage journalist Jamie Maddison reports from deep within South Crofty Mine where a centuries-old tradition of Cornish mining is being revived.
      29 May 2012
    • An overhead photo of a man in a blue boiler suit working on a huge indoor engine
      Article: News Industrial Revolution engines at Ellenroad and Trencherfield win Engineering Heritage Awards
      Two of the greatest engines in the world, responsible for powering huge mills in Lancashire at the start of the 20th century, have been honoured along with their conservators.
      06 November 2012
    • Grade II* listed buildings at King Edward Mine Museum
      Collection County: Cornwall King Edward Mine Buildings
      The mine buildings are all Grade II* listed and are of national importance. The site is part of the World Heritage Area of Cornwall. Commendation in the Cornish Buildings Group Awards (July 2011) for the restored Holman ...
      King Edward Mine Museum | Camborne
    • Resource: Face to face resources, Taught session (schools), Workshop or activity session, Paper-based and downloads, Teachers' pack or notes County: Derbyshire Marvellous Machines! Forces in action on the railways
      The Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust, Ripley
      The Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust | Ripley
    • Website County: Birmingham Matthew Boulton 2009
      Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
      Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
    • View of land speed record car Babs
      Venue: Museum County: Carmarthenshire Museum of Speed Pendine Sands
    • Resource: Virtual exhibition or images, Website County: West Yorkshire Originating in Leeds
      Leeds Library & Information Service
      Leeds Library & Information Service
    • a photo of a disused beam engine house and chimney seen through the fog
      Article: Feature Tilting at Beam Engine Houses in the Cornwall Mining Landscape
      Culture24's Cornwall correspondent takes a tilt at the beam engine houses that litter the Cornish Mining World Heritage landscape as he tries to bag as many as he can in one day.
      15 June 2012
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