Shed Talks (Newcomen Online)
The Famous ‘Flying Scotsman’ – Marketing, Circumstance and Chance
This is an Online EventAn Online Lecture from Bob Gwynne. In the UK approximately 110,000 steam locomotives were built, but just one seems to be universally known amongst the British public. Author, curator and Flying Scotsman expert Bob Gwynne will attempt to answer the question as to why the ‘Flying Scotsman’ is so famous.
The Newcomen Society AGM 2021
This is an Online EventThe Annual General Meeting of The Newcomen Society for [...]
Industrial Steam Power In London 1780 – 1805
LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery 75 Cowcross St, Clerkenwell, LondonAn in-person and streamed (Zoom) lecture by Dr. John [...]
ONLINE ONLY – ‘Poking its Nose into Everything’ – The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
This is an Online EventA presentation by Susan Bennett MA This event is [...]
The Varied Life and Career of William Bragge
SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum Alma Street, Sheffield, South YorkshireAn In Person & Online Presentation by David Boursnell [...]
‘Women of Steel’ by Michelle Rawlins (with the SMEA & SYIHS)
SHEFFIELD Crowne Plaza Royal Victoria Victoria Station Road, Sheffield, South YorkshireA joint meeting with the Sheffield Metallurgical & Engineering [...]
How Alloy Steels came to serve the Engineer (followed by branch AGM)
SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum Alma Street, Sheffield, South YorkshireAn In Person & Online Presentation by Dr. Peter [...]
‘Boxing Clever’ – a brief history of corrugated containers and the ingenuity of their design and manufacture
BIRMINGHAM Think Tank, Birmingham Science Museum, Curzon Street, Birmingham, West MidlandsAn in person and online presentation by Nigel Jopson [...]
‘A History of Dowty’ by Ally McConnell
This is an Online EventAn webcast (Zoom) presentation by Ally McConnell. Featuring material [...]
‘Gun making by machinery – the 1853 Enfield Rifle, mechanised manufacture and interchangeability’ by Peter Smithurst
SHEFFIELD Kelham Island Museum Alma Street, Sheffield, South YorkshireAn in person presentation by Peter Smithurst For [...]