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for the study of the history of engineering and technology




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Other events - visits

Details of forthcoming visits scheduled for 2009/10

27th-28th Nov 2009Visit Tyne and Wear Metro, and seminar on the History of Industrial Development on Tyneside
  • North-Eastern Branch event
  • Members wishing to take part should complete the application form in the "Blue Notices" in Links
A full programme of visits for the coming session will be announced in due course.



Previous visits

In the past few years we have arranged vists to such places as:

  • Whitechapel bell foundry
  • Thames Barrier
  • Falkirk Wheel
  • The Royal Institution
  • Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway
  • Mary Tavy hydro-electric power station and Morwhellham Quay
  • Steam Museum at Kew - archives
  • Disused underground stations
  • Astrium Space Company
  • P&O container ship in Southampton
  • Walsall Leather Museum
  • Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter
  • Alexander Palace broadcasting studios

    .....and many other places of interest.


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