Infobox Museum name BristolIndustrialMuseum image Bristol pw from ms.jpg established location Bristol map type Bristol latitude 51.44726 longitude 2.59856 map caption Location within Bristol visitors ... industrialmuseumBristolIndustrialMuseum The BristolIndustrialMuseum was a museum in Bristol , England , located on Prince s Wharf beside the BristolHarbour Floating Harbour , and which closed in 2006. On display were items from Bristol s industrial past including aviation, car and bus manufacture, and printing and exhibits documenting Bristol s maritime history. The museum was managed by Bristol City Council along with nearby preserved industrial relics along Prince s Wharf, including the BristolHarbourRailway , cranes and a small fleet of preserved vessels. There are no plans to decommission or remove the railway, cranes or vessels. The museum closed its doors to the public on 29 October 2006. M Shed , the new Museum of Bristol has been created on the site, keeping the same fa ade ... Fairbairn Steam Crane 1878 Image Bristolcranes.jpg thumb Cranes 1951 outside BristolIndustrialMuseum The museum s indoor exhibits were housed on the two floors of a former quayside transit shed. Road ... crane.htm THE 20STEAM 20CRANE accessdate 2006 08 18 ref BristolHarbourRailway continues to offer ... 2006 08 19 ref References reflist External links commons category BristolIndustrialMuseum http www.bristol city.gov.uk ccm content Leisure Culture Museums Galleries bristols industrialmuseumBristolIndustrialMuseum br blank line to separate above text from navi boxes. Please do not remove ... in Bristol Category Defunct museums in England Category BristolIndustrialMuseum .... Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery gallery Elsewhere in the museum, the Bristol and Transatlantic Slavery ... Galleries museum of bristol.en title Museum of Bristol work Leisure and Culture publisher Bristol City ... industrial revolution work This is Bristol url http www.thisisbristol.com displayNode.jsp?nodeId 144913 ... more details
from the museum. On the south side of the harbour the railway crosses Spike Island, Bristol Spike Island , the narrow strip of land between the Harbour and the River Avon, Bristol River Avon , and clings ...Heritage Railway name BristolHarbourRailway other name image Image 20050319 052 bristolharbour railway.jpg thumb center 250px caption Tourist train on the railway locale map mapsize terminus linename ... events years1 headquarters The BristolHarbourRailway gbmapping ST585722 is a preserved railway in Bristol , England operated by Bristol Museums Galleries & Archives. It runs for about a mile along the south side of BristolHarbour , starting at M Shed the former BristolIndustrialMuseum nowrap coord 51.4483 2.5969 type landmark region GB display inline name BristolHarbourRailway Prince Street ... 51.4466 2.6213 type landmark region GB display inline name BristolHarbourRailway Cumberland Basin end . The original BristolHarbourRailway was a joint venture by the GWR and the Bristol and Exeter Railway, opened in 1872 between Temple Meads and the Floating Harbour. Its route included a tunnel ... as an element of BristolIndustrialMuseum using locomotives built in Bristol and formerly ... rail traffic ceased the museumrailway expanded to use the branch alongside the New Cut Bristol ... 2010 ref BristolHarbourRailway RDT Bristolrailway map collapse Rolling stock The railway has ... reflist External links commons category BristolHarbourRailway GeoGroupTemplate http www.bristol city.gov.uk ccm content Leisure Culture Museums Galleries bristols industrialmuseumBristolIndustrialMuseum http www.collectorcafe.com article archive.asp?article 600&id 1269 Note on the Railway s opening Sources Old version of the museum s web page, now located at cite web title Bristol s IndustrialMuseum work Bristol City Council leisure and culture url http www.bristol city.gov.uk ccm content Leisure Culture Museums Galleries bristols industrialmuseum accessdate 2005 03 22 br blank line ... more details
River Avon, via a series of locks, and flows into the Avon Gorge . The harbour today Image Bristol pw from ms.jpg thumb BristolIndustrialMuseum . BristolHarbour was the original Port of Bristol ... railway station and Hotwells , the harbour and the River Avon run parallel at a distance of no more than convert 0.65 mi km 1 apart. At Bristol Temple Meads railway station, the floating harbour occupies ..., Watershed Media Centre Watershed media and arts centre , M Shed museum and the At Bristol science exhibition centre, as well as a number of fashionable apartment buildings. The BristolHarbourRailway ... BristolHarbourRailway was a joint venture by the GWR and the Bristol and Exeter Railway, opened ... the 2004 Harbour Festival. BristolHarbour is the harbour in the city of Bristol , England. The harbour ... Bristol New Cut . This separation of the floating harbour and the tidal River Avon reduces currents ... 2012 bot H3llBot ref The Bristol Packet boats offer regular harbour tours with commentaries and river ... Harbour and on the River Avon work Bristol Packet accessdate 3 January 2011 ref In late July each year, the BristolHarbour Festival is held, resulting in an influx of boats, including tall ship ... title BristolHarbour Festival 2011 work BristolHarbour Festival accessdate 3 January 2011 ref Sections, quays & harbourside features bristolharbour map History of Bristol docks Image Bristol ... , during the 2004 Harbour Festival. Bristol grew up on the banks of the Rivers Avon and River Frome ... Venturers to manage the port. ref cite web title Bristolharbour history work Tangaroa Bristol url http www.tangaroa sailing.com Harbour 20history.htm accessdate 2007 05 26 ref By 1670, the city ... dam installed at this end of the harbour. The Feeder Canal between Bristol Temple Meads ... there were dozens of Bristol shipyards, the largest in the harbour being Hilhouse , who became Charles ... Museum Maritime Monographs and Reports. p3 ref 19th century improvements The harbour cost more ... more details
refimprove date January 2009 Infobox recurring event name BristolHarbour Festival logo image BristolHarbourFestival2010.jpg caption Pero s Bridge full of people passing over the harbour at one end of the BristolHarbour Festival in 2010. location Bristol , England &ndash BristolHarbour , Queen Square, Bristol Queen Square , Millennium Square Bristol Millennium Square , Castle Park, Bristol Castle ..., Community Festival, Tall Ship Festival website http www.bristolharbourfestival.co.uk BristolHarbour Festival Website The Harbourside in Bristol , England, has hosted the BristolHarbour Festival ... news bristolharbour festival.aspx title St. John s Ambulance Support for the BristolHarbour Festival ... www.bbc.co.uk news uk england bristol 12006851 publisher BBC News date 16 December 2010 accessdate 16 December 2010 title BristolHarbour Festival fireworks are cancelled ref Most of the activities are held ... , Brittany and across Western Europe. BristolHarbour Festival celebrates the city s maritime heritage and the importance of Bristol s docks and harbour, and takes place over a weekend at the end of July ... itself. ref cite web url http www.bristol.gov.uk ccm content Leisure Culture Arts Entertainment bristolharbour festival 2010.en title Bristol City Council BristolHarbour Festival publisher Bristol City Council ref Entertainment The BristolHarbour Festival has a variety of entertainment from dance ... sphere , and people outside of At Bristol at the BristolHarbour Festival in 2008. See also BristolHarbour International Festival of the Sea, 1996 International Festival of the Sea , held at Bristol ... website http visitbristol.co.uk site events bristolharbour festival p35531 ProductList site events bristolharbour festival p35531 About the Harbour Festival at Visit Bristol http www.bbc.co.uk ... a piece from Swan Lake as well as an excerpt from Stars and Stripes. The Bristol Old Vic is involved ... from The Bristol Old Vic s Young Company. Cirque Bijou and the circus stage will now be based ... more details
ISBN 0 87095 059 2 ref Overview Industrial railways were once very common, but with the rise of road transport , their numbers have greatly diminished. ref name krause An example of an industrialrailway ... by the Baikonur intra spaceport railway. The world s largest industrialrailway serves the Baikonur ... in Cape Canaveral, Florida . Image Industrialrailway display.jpg A display of a narrow gauge railway narrow gauge industrial sand train at Leighton Buzzard Light Railway Leighton Buzzard Narrow Gauge Railway . Image Hibbing Open pit iron mining 1906.jpg An Open pit mining open pit iron mining industrial ...Dablink Where absence of public safety concerns allows unregulated use of quaint, non standard railway equipment on private industrial property, British English uses the term Tramway industrial . Image Lingan Generating Station.jpg thumb 225px Two Sydney Coal Railway EMD GP38 2 GP38 2 locomotives leave the Lingan Generating Station after unloading coal in Nova Scotia . An industrialrailway is a type of railway usually private that is not available for public transportation and is used exclusively to serve a particular industrial, logistics or military site. Industrial railways may be connecting ... point, called an exchange siding, with a main line railway, onwards from where it would be transported to its final destination. The main reasons for industrial railways are normally for one of two ... railway operators, who make money for charging for the shipment of goods over long distances in bulk Control of manufacture Many industrial lines only operate for short periods of time, requiring the shipment ... point Resultantly, most industrial railways are short, usually being only a few miles ... coal, while in Canada there are the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway and the Cartier Railway . These lines can be thought of as dedicated shipment routes, where only the products of that industry ... sense with only limited possibility of consolidation of shipment with other industries. Industrial ... more details
Infobox rail railroad name Bristol and Exeter Railway logo filename logo size system map map caption ... RailGauge 7ft old gauge electrification hq city Bristol website The Bristol & Exeter Railway was a railway ... RailwayBristol and Portishead Port and Pier Railway , the Somerset Central Railway , the West ... BristolExeterRailway The Bristol & Exeter Railway was authorised by act of Parliament in 1836, following quickly on the 1835 act for construction of the Great Western Railway . Bristol merchants were ... the railway was worked by the Great Western Railway, but the Bristol & Exeter took over its own ... Devon Railway Company South Devon Railway , the Bristol and Exeter Railway simply extended ... for producing many wagons for various companies. The Bristol & Exeter Railway was a considerable ... BristolBristol Temple Meads railway station Bristol 1841, joint with Great Western Railway Bedminster ... Main article Bristol and Exeter Railway locomotives . Locomotives for the railway were provided by the Great Western Railway until its working arrangement finished on 1 May 1849, after which the Bristol ... several classes of tank engines, including his distinctive Bristol and Exeter Railway 4 2 4T locomotives ... 1836 Bristol and Exeter Railway authorised by Act of Parliament 1841 Opened from Bristol to Bridgwater ... opened, operated by Bristol and Exeter Railway 1862 West Somerset Railway opened and leased to Bristol ... Devon and Somerset Railway opened to Wiveliscombe, worked by Bristol and Exeter Railway 1872 BristolHarbourRailway opened, jointly owned with the Great Western Railway 1873 Devon and Somerset Railway completed to Barnstaple 1874 Minehead Railway opened, operated by Bristol and Exeter Railway 1875 ... railway stations Bristol to Exeter Line Gauge War References reflist External links http www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk ... BristExeRail BristExeRail.html Summary of papers re the Bristol & Exeter railway at the Library of the London School of Economics Use dmy dates date May 2011 Category Bristol and Exeter Railway ... more details
platforms 4 start 2 October 1876 gridref SU629000 Portsmouth lines Portsmouth Harbourrailway station is a railway station in Portsmouth , England . It is situated beside Gunwharf Quays in the city s Portsmouth Harbourharbour , and is an important transport terminal, with The Hard Interchange a bus ... railway station Brighton File Portsmouth Harbourrailway station replacement bus notice.JPG ... Harbourrailway station gallery References reflist External links stn art lrnk PMH PO13EB ...Infobox GB station symbol rail name Portsmouth Harbour symbol rail image name Portsmaouth harbour station.JPG ... and London s Waterloo station . ref http www.hants.gov.uk museum history railways rail24.html ref It was damaged ... Direct Line via Guildford Surrey railway station Guildford and also via Fareham railway station Fareham , Winchester railway station Winchester and Basingstoke railway station Basingstoke . They also ... West Coastway route, operated by Southern train operating company Southern to Brighton railway station Brighton , Littlehampton railway station Littlehampton and Victoria station London London Victoria . Also, First Great Western operate trains via Southampton, Salisbury railway station Salisbury and Bristol Temple Meads railway station Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central railway station Cardiff Central , via the Wessex Main Line . The ferry from Portsmouth Harbour Station to Ryde on the Isle ... 1tph to London Victoria railway station London Victoria 1tph to Brighton railway station Brighton East Sussex First Great Western 1tph to Cardiff central railway station Cardiff Central via Bristol Temple Meads South West Trains 3tph to London Waterloo railway station London Waterloo rail start ... and Southsea railway station Portsmouth br and Southsea col SWT colour rail line next route Southern ... railway station Portsmouth br and Southsea col Southern colour rail line next route First Great Western br small Wessex Main Line Portsmouth Harbour Cardiff Central small previous Portsmouth and Southsea ... more details
Image Armley Mills IndustrialMuseum geograph.org.uk 260255.jpg thumb Armley Mills IndustrialMuseum. File Loom at armley mills industrial museum.JPG thumb right Weaving shed at Armley Mills IndustrialMuseum The Armley Mills Leeds IndustrialMuseum is a museum of industrial heritage located in Armley , west Leeds , West Yorkshire , England . It includes collections of textile machinery, railway equipment and heavy engineering amongst others. The Grade II listed building housing the Armley Mills museum was once the world s largest woollen mill. The current structures were built in 1805 by Benjamin Gott and closed as a commercial mill in 1969. They were taken over by Leeds City Council and reopened as a museum of industrial heritage in 1982. Railway collection The museum has an extensive collection of standard gauge and narrow gauge railway rolling stock. The collection was started in 1956 when the Leeds City Museum acquired Barber from the recently closed Harrogate Gas Works Railway. A short display line is installed at Armley allowing some of the collection to run. Locomotives This list is incomplete class wikitable Name Builder Gauge Wheel br arrangement Date Works number Notes Barber Thomas Green & Son RailGauge 24 0 6 2T 1908 ex Harrogate Gas Works Railway. Acquired 1956. Currently on long term loan to the South Tynedale Railway Jack Hunslet Engine Company RailGauge 18 0 4 0WT Acquired 1957 Lord Granby Hudswell Clarke RailGauge 36 0 4 0ST Acquired 1961 Junin Hudswell Clarke RailGauge 30 2 6 2DM 1930 The world s first commercially built diesel locomotive Citation needed date February 2010 Southam 2 Hudswell Clarke RailGauge standard 0 4 0DM 1942 D625 Ex Rugby Cement, Southam ..., cylinders and motion of Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway no 34, later GWR 252. Used as an instructional ... History of the textile industry Category Railway museums in England Category Textile museums in the United Kingdom England rail transport stub UK museum stub sv Armley Mills ... more details
Prestongrange Museum is an industrial heritage museum at Prestongrange between Musselburgh and Prestonpans ... from the Scottish Mining Museum by East Lothian District Council and recast as Prestongrange Industrial Heritage Museum to encompass the area s other once significant but vanished industries ... century coal mine and brick works Morrison s Haven , the 16th century harbour the railway remains and rolling ...primarysources date June 2008 Infobox Museum name Prestongrange Museum image Prestongrange windinggear.jpg imagesize 200 caption The colliery winding gear map type map caption latitude 55.955 longitude 2.997 established 28 September 1984 dissolved location 8 miles east of Edinburgh type Industrial archaeology ... Mining Museum , its operation reverted to East Lothian Council Museum Service the current operators ..., work stopped when a new plan was adopted. The Museum was the idea of David Spence, a retired mining ... exhibits, and the Scottish Mining Museum was formally launched at Prestongrange on 28 September 1984 ... was in danger of being lost forever. Prestongrange had three key merits as a museum site ... soap making , Glass glass making , Pottery potteries , industrial ceramics and bricks. Image Prestongrange ... is the only example in Scotland. ref name BeamEng Facilities The Museum site is open all day every day. The Museum buildings are open between April and October, 11.30 a.m. to 4.30pm. A self guided ... in Port Seton . The Museum is also the gateway to the annual Three Harbours Festival , jointly organised ... such as West Pans and Drum Mhor. The Museum grounds are also used for local events, guided tours ... find a temporary or permanent home at Prestongrange. See also Manual labour Wage labour Industrial archaeology List of industrial archaeology topics European Route of Industrial Heritage ERIH List of places in East Lothian Scottish Industrial Heritage Society SIHS References reflist External links http www.prestongrange.org The Museum s website http www.prestongrange.org pcap Prestongrange Community ... more details
Infobox Museum name Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum image imagesize 200 map type map caption location ..., 1988 dissolved location Rjukan , Norway type Industrialmuseum visitors director curator publictransit website http www.visitvemork.com visitvemork.com Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum lang no Norsk Industriarbeidermuseum is an industry industrialmuseum located at Rjukan in Tinn , Norway . Located in the Vemork power station, it was established in 1988 to allow the preservation of industrial ... industrial heritage from Rjukan, including the establishment of Tinn Museum, a heritage village ... its own railway, Rjukanbanen , that connected to the Tinnsj railway ferry . In 2004 the foundation running the heritage railway was discontinued, and in 2007 the Norwegian Industry Workers Museum ... to Norwegian Industryworkers Museum author Norwegian Industry Workers Museum accessdate 2008 06 21 ref Image VemorkHydroelectricPlant.jpg thumb The museum located at Vemork . Premise The research and exhibitions of the museum span the history of power intensive industry in Norway after 1900 including ... author Norwegian Industry Workers Museum accessdate 2008 06 21 language Norwegian ref History The foundation running the museum was established on November 3, 1983 by the municipality, the Norwegian Water ... tabid 71 Default.aspx title Stiftelsen author Norwegian Industry Workers Museum accessdate 2008 06 21 language Norwegian ref The museum moved in to the Vemork power station, since Norsk Hydro ...&tabid 108&mid 437 title Atomkappl pet author Norwegian Industry Workers Museum accessdate 2008 ... History author Norwegian Industry Workers Museum accessdate 2008 06 21 ref In 2004 Tinn Museum was integrated into the Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum ref cite web url http www.visitvemork.com dnn Default.aspx?tabid 107 title Tinn museum author Norwegian Industry Workers Museum accessdate 2008 ... the plants and Rjukan along with the railway, and equivalent closed plants at Odda to be nominated ... more details
Primary sources date December 2010 Infobox museum name Bristol Historical Society Museum image imagesize 200 caption alt map type map caption map alt latitude 41.6762 longitude 72.9439 coordinates type established location 98 Summer Street br Bristol, Connecticut type website http www.bristolhistoricalsociety.org www.bristolhistoricalsociety.org The Bristol Historical Society Museum , located in Bristol, Connecticut , is a museum dedicated to the promotion of interest in Bristol history and encouraging an appreciation for its importance. The Bristol Historical Society collects, preserves, and interprets significant historical resources to enhance the present community and provide a historical context for future growth. The Bristol Historical Society Museum is located in Bristol s first high school on the corner of Summer and Center Streets. The building was built in 1894 with a large addition added in 1910. The brick Victorian building is built in the style known as Richardsonian Romanesque . References cite news url http pqasb.pqarchiver.com courant access 1606757531.html?dids 1606757531 1606757531&FMT ABS&FMTS ABS FT&type current&date Nov 23 2C 2008&author Submitted Steven Vastola&pub Hartford Courant&desc BRISTOLMUSEUM TO HOLD HOLIDAY FAIR&pqatl google title Bristolmuseum to hold holiday fair date November 23, 2008 work Hartford Courant page H.12 accessdate February 10, 2011 location Hartford, Connecticut cite news url http nl.newsbank.com nl search we Archives?p product NewsLibrary&p multi WRAB&d place WRAB&p theme newslibrary2&p action search&p maxdocs 200&p topdoc 1&p text direct 0 1339036BA9180CD0&p field direct 0 document id&p perpage 10&p sort YMD date D&s trackval GooglePM title Forum slated to look at Bristol s future date November 17, 2010 work Republican American ... buildings Category Museums in Bristol, Connecticut Category Richardsonian Romanesque architecture ... Connecticut stub US museum stub ... more details
External Hydraulic accumulator gallery See also Grade II listed buildings in Bristol References Reflist Category Hydraulic accumulators Category Grade II listed buildings in Bristol Category Buildings and structures completed in 1888 Category Buildings and structures in Bristol Category Bristol Harbourside Bristol struct stub ... more details
system style size The Red Lodge Museum gbmapping ST582731 is an historic building in Bristol , England . It is open to the public is a branch of Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery . History Image Redlodgeentrance.JPG thumb left Entrance to Red Lodge Museum It was built in 1580 for John Yonge as a lodge ... gardens by 1630. See also Blaise Castle Kings Weston House Georgian House, Bristol References div class references small references div External links commonscat Red Lodge Museum http www.bristol.gov.uk ccm content Leisure Culture Museums Galleries bristols red lodge.en Bristol s Red Lodge http www.bbc.co.uk bristol content articles 2006 02 07 redlodge feature.shtml The Red Lodge Culture in Bristol Category Buildings and structures completed in 1580 Category Museums in Bristol Category Houses in Bristol Category Grade I listed buildings in Bristol Category Grade I listed houses Category Grade I listed museum buildings Category Historic house museums in Bristol Category Buildings and structures ...Infobox Historic building image Redlodge.JPG caption Red Lodge name Red Lodge Museum latitude 51.455556 longitude 2.599583 map type Bristol location town Bristol location country England architect client ... title Bristol s Red Lodge accessdate 2007 03 11 format work About Britain.com ref This was set ... 2007 03 10 format work Bristol Link ref who bought the Red Lodge in 1854. ref cite web url http www.timetravel britain.com 06 March lodge.shtml title Bristol s Red Lodge and Its Elizabethan Knot Garden accessdate 2007 03 10 format work Time Travel Britain ref The site is also the home of the Bristol Savages , who met in a barn like wigwam, by C.F.W. Dening c.1920a. The Bristol Savages were a society ... traditions. ref cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk bristol content goingout 2004 museums redlodge redlodge.shtml title The Red Lodge accessdate 2007 03 11 format work BBC Bristol Going out ref Rooms The seven ... by Bristol Corporation upon the dissolution of the monasteries in 1538. Garden Image Knotgarden.JPG ... more details
Infobox Museum name Derby Silk Mill Derby IndustrialMuseum native name native name lang image Silkmill1.jpg imagesize 250 caption The museum and the River Derwent alt map type Derbyshire map caption Location ... Derby , England type Industrialmuseum collection visitors director president curator publictransit network website Derby Silk Mill , formerly known as Derby IndustrialMuseum , is a museum of industry and history in Derby , England. The museum is housed in Lombe s Mill , a historic former silk ... for use as Derby s long proposed IndustrialMuseum, which opened on 29 November 1974. Closure and mothballing in 2011 Derby City Council closed the museum on 3 April 2011 ref Cite web url http www.derby.gov.uk LeisureCulture MuseumsGalleries Derby Industrial Museum.htm title The Silk ... IndustrialMuseum Silk Mill reflist Sources of information Derby IndustrialMuseum , Derby Evening ... ca Museu industrial de Derby cs Derby IndustrialMuseum da Derby Silk Mill de Derby IndustrialMuseum es Derby IndustrialMuseum eo Industria muzeo de Derby fr Mus e des industries de Derby id Museum Industri Derby it Derby IndustrialMuseum ja no Derbys industrielle museum ru sq Derby IndustrialMuseum simple Derby IndustrialMuseum sk Derby ... Silk Industry. This was possibly the first example of industrial espionage . Traditionally ... use of the factory system in Britain. ref Lombe s Mill An Exercise in Reconstruction, Industrial Archaeology Review, Anthony Calladine 1993 ref File Derby cotton mill 2006.jpg upright thumb left The museum ... silk. November 1833 saw the beginning of industrial unrest in Derby which led to the formation of the Grand ... building was gutted. Great efforts were made by the Borough Fire Brigade and the Midland Railway ... of the Silk Mill museum and other museums in the city. The Report of the Strategic Director ... would help mitigate the loss of Renaissance Programme funding. No date for the re opening of the museum ... more details
File Etruria IndustrialMuseum geograph.org.uk 2187647.jpg right thumb The Etruria IndustrialMuseum is located in Etruria, Staffordshire in England. Located along the Caldon Canal , the museum is a Grade II listed building which includes a working steam engine called Princess . ref http www.stoke.gov.uk ccm navigation leisure museums etruria industrialmuseum Etruria IndustrialMuseum ref ref http www.stokemuseums.org.uk Stoke on Trent Museums ref The museum buildings were originally a bone and flint mill built in 1857 to grind materials for the pottery industry. Inside visitors can see displays on the history of the site and original machinery. After a period of restoration, started in 1978, the museum was opened by Fred Dibnah in 1991. ref cite web title History Of Etruria IndustrialMuseum url http www.stokemuseums.org.uk eim visiting historyeim publisher Stoke on Trent Museums accessdate 1 July 2011 ref On the first weekend of each month the museum s 1903 coal fired boiler provides steam to operate Princess which then turns the grinding machine ry. Citation needed date March 2010 The Etruria Canals Festival takes place annually at Etruria IndustrialMuseum on the first weekend in June. Citation needed date March 2010 References reflist External links http www.stokemuseums.org.uk eim Etruria IndustrialMuseum official site http www.thepotteries.org listed 36a.html Jesse Shirley s Flint and Bone Mill Stoke on Trent Category Museums in Stoke on Trent Category Industry museums in England Category Steam museums in the United Kingdom Category Grade II listed buildings in Staffordshire Staffordshire Category Grade II listed museum buildings UK museum stub England stub ... more details
heritage railway , a Leaving for War museum and a memorial dedicated to the troops that arrived ... Harbour and Seafront Masterplan Folkestone Railway Stations coord 51.078402 1.186845 type landmark region GB display title DEFAULTSORT Folkestone HarbourRailway Station Category Transport in Shepway ...Infobox UK disused station name Folkestone Harbour code FKH image name Folkestone Harbour Station 2008.jpg ... Line closure procedures instigated ref name NR4217 Image Folkestone Harbour Branch in 1914.JPG thumb right A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of the Folkestone Harbour Branch Folkestone Harbour station is a railway station built to serve the port of Folkestone in Kent , and is one of three stations in the town. It is at the end of the short Ruling gradient 1 in 30 Folkestone Harbour Branch Line , joining the South Eastern Main Line at Folkestone Junction. The branch and harbour station provided ... it as a heritage railway heritage line . History A branch line was built in 1844 leaving the main line at Folkestone Junction and was double tracked ending with a viaduct across the harbour ... folkestone harbour.htm Kent Rail Folkestone Harbour ref and, in 1848, the line was passed ... Harbour Station ref The line was electrified at the same time as the main line during the Kent Coast ... that only two services per day were arriving at Folkestone Harbour, to connect with the Hoverspeed ... reversal at Folkestone East railway station Folkestone East . Services Until 2009, Venice Simplon Orient Express operated two scheduled services per week to Folkestone Harbour on its London to Paris .... Closure Folkestone Harbour station is located at the end of a viaduct which separates the port s inner and outer harbours, which in turn is the end of the spur railway separate from the main line. The proposals for the regeneration of the Harbour area will see additional accommodation built ... to the Harbour. Due to its infrequent use it has been proposed that Folkestone Harbour be closed permanently ... more details
The Kidwelly IndustrialMuseum focuses on the Tinplate industry in Kidwelly. In addition there are exhibits featuring coal mining and brick making. The museum is located near the town of Kidwelly , Carmarthenshire , West Wales , on the site of the former Kidwelly tinplate works. The tinplate works was originally established in 1737 and was closed in 1941. External links http www.kidwellyindustrialmuseum.co.uk index.asp Kidwelly IndustrialMuseum website http myweb.tiscali.co.uk stationarysteam kidwelly.htm Unofficial website Museums and art galleries in Wales coord 51.7467 4.2887 type landmark region GB display title Category Museums in Carmarthenshire Category Industry museums in Wales UK museum stub Carmarthenshire geo stub ... more details
Bristol and North Somerset Railway Line The Bristol and North Somerset Railway was a railway line in the West of England that connected Bristol with towns in the Somerset coalfield . The line ran almost due south from Bristol and was 16 miles long. The main railway The line was opened in 1873 between Bristol and Radstock , where it joined with an earlier freight only line from Frome railway station Frome to Radstock that had been built in 1854 as part of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway . Through services between Bristol and Frome began two years later, in 1875, at which point the line was formally taken into ownership by the Great Western Railway , which had absorbed the WS&WR in 1850 ... steam railway on the Bristol and North Somerset mainline up to King Lane summit and down the 1 ... Railway constituents Category Transport in Bath and North East Somerset Category Rail transport in Bristol ... companies disestablished in 1875 Category Closed railway lines in South West England de Bristol and North ... west beneath north south Camerton branch viaduct left dwarfed by Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway ... to join up with the line from Bath Spa railway station Bath to Bradford on Avon railway station line ..., Sussex . . Line traffic The principal traffic on the railway was coal from the Somerset coalfield, though the villages nearer Bristol generated some commuter traffic. Passenger services were ... in the film The Titfield Thunderbolt , but the track was taken up in 1958. The Bristol and North ... Bristol, only three miles out of Radstock, it ran virtually parallel to the main A37 road , which made ... 1959 and freight traffic ended in July 1968, when the Radstock to Bristol section closed completely ... which passed under the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway which crossed the same valley on an almost ..., look round the restored station, museum, shop and buffet car in the lower yard goods dock then change from pannier and 2 mark 1 s in the old upper level passenger station, to an industrial 0 6 0 ... more details
Industrial and Technological Museum became its southern head quarters. The Council has a chain of 28 ... M. Visvesvaraya 1861&ndash 1962 . It was handed over to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ... exhibits. Features Visvesvaraya Museum is not a museum in its classical sense, because it has interactive exhibits unlike stationary models of a museum. It is more of a Science Centre . Each floor of this museum is dedicated to a scientific discipline. The Engine Hall exhibits engines of various ... by the marvels of electricity. On the first floor of the Visvesvaraya Museum we have the Fun Science ... hall also on the second floor of Visvesvaraya Museum has exhibits on basics of Biotechnology ... with fun and enjoyment.The museum also conducts a mini planetarium show called Taramandal at regular intervals.This is the only museum in the world other than the Smithsonian Institutions in the US ... are screened here.The 3d effects are spectacular. The museum which attracts close to one million visitors ... visitor should be prepared to spend at least 3 hours in the Museum to have a glimpse of this treasure ... more details
Image Rheinisches Industriemuseum.jpg thumb 250px Rheinisches Industriemuseum The Rheinisches Industriemuseum lit. Rhineland Museum of the Industry is a decentralized museum with six locations in Rhineland , western Germany . The locations are Oberhausen the main site at the old Zinkfabrik Altenberg zinc factory , near the Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof Oberhausen main station Ratingen Textilfabrik Cromford textiles factory , the first factory in continental Europe, named after the Cromford Mill Solingen Gesenkschmiede Hendrichs forge Bergisch Gladbach Papierm hle Alte Dombach paper mill Engelskirchen Ermen & Engels cotton spinning mill Euskirchen Mueller Cloth Mill Tuchfabrik M ller textiles factory The owner of the museum is the Landschaftsverband Rheinland LVR . See also http www.lwl.org LWL Kultur wim portal profil englisch LWL Industriemuseum formerly Westf lisches Industriemuseum , lit. Westphalian Museum of the Industry External links de icon http www.industriemuseum.lvr.de Rheinisches Industriemuseum de icon http www.cromford.de the Textilfabrik Cromford Cromford Spinning Mill in Ratingen http bbs.keyhole.com ubb showthreaded.php Number 389171 Ermen & Engels Engelskirchen view in Google Earth coord missing North Rhine Westphalia Category Museums in North Rhine Westphalia Category Technology museums in Germany Category Science museums in Germany Category Rhineland Category Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail Category Industry museums in Germany Category Textile museums NorthRhineWestphalia struct stub de LVR Industriemuseum eo Rheinisches Industriemuseum ... more details
Infobox organization name Birla Industrial & Technological Museum image BITM 4861.JPG image border size alt caption map msize malt mcaption abbreviation BITM motto Science popularization formation 2 May 1959 extinction type Science Museum status Government purpose Educational headquarters Kolkata location flagicon IND India coords region served West Bengal , Bihar , Sikkim & Orissa membership language leader title Director leader name Emdadul Islam main organ parent organization National Council of Science Museums affiliations num staff 98 As on 31 March 2011 ref Activity report 2010 11. p 80 . National Council of Science Museums publication ref num volunteers budget website http www.bitmcal.org bitmcal.org remarks Visitors 179,529 As on 31 March 2011 ref Activity report 2010 11. p 80 National Council of Science Museums publication ref Birla Industrial & Technological Museum BITM , a unit under National Council of Science Museums NCSM , Ministry of Culture, Government of India , is at Gurusaday road, Kolkata . History The first science museum in India was set up by the industrialist Ghanshyam Das Birla at BITS , in Pilani in a hall 185 sq.mt area of the Tower Building. The museum depicted mainly the industries and business enterprises of the Birlas. The museum was opened to the public in 1954. Ten years later the museum was shifted to the present building. The second science museum was mooted by Professor K S Krishnan, physicist and the then Director of National Physical Laboratory United Kingdom National Physical Laboratory NPL , he was inspired and encouraged by the then prime ... lived for thirty five years. ref Birla Industrial and Technological Museum 1959 2009 . Book published ..., 2004 2008 Existing galleries Image Birla Industrial & Technological Museum Mathematics Gallery ... museum and planetarium project by NPL in 1956. The science museum of 555 sq.mr floor space in Delhi ... and physician was impressed to see Deutsches Museum of Munich . He thought to set up a science museum ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox SG rail railroad name Port Colborne HarbourRailway logo filename PCHR ST.jpg logo size marks TRRY locale Port Colborne, Ontario start year 1997 hq city Wainfleet, Ontario The Port Colborne HarbourRailway Reporting mark TRRY , formed in 1997, serves various industries in the Port Colborne area and along the New Welland Canal. The principal commodities transported are wheat, scrap, woodpulp, bauxite , and lumber. The Port Colborne and HarbourRailway connects with Canadian Pacific Railway CPR in Port Colborne and with Canadian National Railway CN Rail in Merritton, Ontario Merritton . Normal operation of the PCHR is Monday to Friday with weekend service done at an extra charge. The PCHR is a division of the Trillium Railway . In business since 1997, it currently operates two short line railways in Southern Ontario, the Port colborne HarbourRailway and the Saint Thomas and Eastern Railway . Combined trackage length of the two shortlines is over convert 100 km mi . Canada railways DEFAULTSORT Port Colborne HarbourRailway Category Ontario railways Category Railway established in 1997 Category Companies operating former New York Central Railroad lines Category Companies operating former Grand Trunk Railway lines Category Companies operating former Canadian Northern Railway lines Canada rail transport stub Canada company stub WesternOntario geo stub ... more details
Infobox UK station symbol rail name Bristol Parkway image name Bristol Parkway railway station MMB 08.jpg caption A view of Bristol Parkway station from the west. locale Stoke Gifford borough South Gloucestershire ... 3rd platform opened Bristolrailway map collapse Bristol and Gloucester Railway Line collapse yes Bristol Parkway railway station is situated in Stoke Gifford in the northern suburbs of Bristol , England. It is part of the Rail transport in the United Kingdom British railway system owned by Network ... on the longer route from Bristol Temple Meads railway station Temple Meads , via Bath, Somerset Bath and Chippenham, Wiltshire Chippenham before reaching Swindon a larger car park than at Bristol Temple Meads railway station Temple Meads could be provided the population on the northern fringes of the city ... Parkway to Bristol Temple Meads are to be electrified by 2018. Services File Bristol Parkway railway ... Meads railway station Bristol Temple Meads , South Wales , Devon , Dorset and Cornwall . Platform ... work in the Severn Tunnel , there is an hourly service to Portsmouth Harbourrailway station Portsmouth ... Parkway railway station UK railway stations List of all UK railway stations Rail services in BristolBristolrailway stations Major railway stations in Britain Transport in BristolRailway stations in Gloucestershire DEFAULTSORT Bristol Parkway Railway Station Category Railway stations in Bristol ... year report, Bristol Parkway was the 200th most used station in the UK. Where as in the year 2009 10 the station had moved up to 199th. History Bristol Parkway was built in the 1970s to give Bristol a station on the railway from London to South Wales , which passes just north of the city. There were ... to the Bristol Parkway, the nearby M32 motorway running through parkland. The station opened on 1 May 1972 ref cite book last Butt first R.V.J. title The Directory of Railway Stations year 1995 publisher ... loop tracks to the two long railway platform platforms . The east west layout of the platforms ... more details
Infobox NI station name Larne Harbour other name image name Larne Harbourrailway station 1.jpg locale Larne Harbour borough Larne Borough Council Larne years 1862 br 1985 events Original station opened br Current station opened platforms 2 usage0405 Larne Harbourrailway station , Larne , County Antrim ... has diminished since Stena Line rerouted their Stranraer Harbourrailway station Stranraer ... References Commons category Larne Harbourrailway station references UKrailwaystations coord 54 50 53 N 5 47 55 W type railwaystation region GB display title Category Railway stations in County Antrim Category Railway stations serving harbours and ports in the United Kingdom Category Railway stations ... on 4 January 1965. ref cite web title Larne Harbour station work railscot Irish Railways url http ... there is an hourly service towards Belfast Central railway station Belfast Central and Belfast Great Victoria Street railway station Belfast Great Victoria Street operated by Northern Ireland Railways with extra services at peak times along the Belfast Larne railway line .. On Sundays there is a two hourly service. Train connections at Belfast Central railway station Belfast Central for the Enterprise train service Enterprise to Dublin Connolly and the Belfast Derry railway line Londonderry Line to Coleraine railway station Coleraine , Portrush railway station Portrush and Londonderry railway station Londonderry . Using P&O Irish Sea to Troon plus walk to Troon railway station Troon to connect with First ScotRail electric trains to Glasgow Central railway station . NIRRail start rail line previous Larne Town railway station Larne Town next Terminus route Northern Ireland Railways br small Belfast Larne railway line Belfast Larne small col 0072BC rail line previous Terminus next Stranraer Harbourrailway station Stranraer Harbour br small via Cairnryan small route P&O Irish Sea P&O br small Ferry small col 333333 rail line previous Terminus next Troon railway station Troon br small ... more details
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