BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Newcomen.com - ECPv6.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Newcomen.com X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.newcomen.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Newcomen.com REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240306T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240306T200000 DTSTAMP:20240229T093302Z CREATED:20240122T103543Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240229T093302Z UID:13468-1709748000-1709755200@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'How Chaddesley Corbett Changed the World' by David Hardwick DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ONLINE – please click this Zoom link 10 mins before the event to join in. \nThe Role of the Potter family in the Industrial Revolution\nThe beginning of the Industrial Revolution is often traced back to 1712 when Thomas Newcomen built a mechanical pump that was not powered by wind\, water\, or human/animal power in Dudley. There are\, however\, many myths and mistakes in this traditional narrative\, particularly regarding the role played by a small boy called Humphrey Potter in creating the first truly self-acting machine. The Potter family were from Chaddesley Corbett. \nThis talk looks at the facts around the earliest Newcomen Engines and what role the family played in changing the world. \nAbout the Speaker\nDavid Hardwick is a Chartered Building Surveyor specialising in historic properties and particularly in industrial archaeology. He is an experienced lecturer at colleges and universities in all aspects of construction and heritage\, as well as giving talks to a wide range of local and national history organisations. It is his passion for industrial archaeology and\, in particular\, mining history and the development of the early Newcomen Engines that results in his latest research. He is the current chairman of the Western Region of the Newcomen Society. \nThis paper is partly based on one delivered at the Early Steam Engines in Central European Mining Conference in Banská Štiavnica\, Slovakia on 7-8th October 2022. \nDavid will also be delivering a paper based on the early engine houses in Scotland at the Third International Early Engine House Conference to be hosted at the Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life at Coatbridge near Glasgow on 22nd to the 24th of March 2024. More details here. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/how-chaddesley-corbett-changed-the-world-by-david-hardwick/ LOCATION:LONDON Alan Baxter Gallery\, 75 Cowcross St\, Clerkenwell\, London\, EC1M 6EL CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - London Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/24-03-06_HowChaddesleyCorbettChangedtheWorld_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - London Branch":MAILTO:office@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240306T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240306T210000 DTSTAMP:20240301T124719Z CREATED:20240223T110411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240301T124719Z UID:13533-1709751600-1709758800@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'John Cooke Bourne and the first London to Birmingham Railway' by Felix Schmid DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.Joining us ON LINE – click on this zoom link before the event to join in. \nThis is a joint meeting with Thinktank: Birmingham Science Museum \nFelix Schmid\, Professor emeritus of Railway Systems Engineering at the University of Birmingham\, will talk about the construction and early years of the London and Birmingham Railway. He will trace the history of this huge undertaking through the eyes of John Cooke Bourne\, using his watercolours and lithographs. Cooke Bourne lived from 1 September 1814 to February 1896 and also illustrated Brunel's construction of the Great Western Railway. Cooke Bourne's pictures illustrate the huge scale of this enterprise. \nFelix will discuss some of the technologies used in the construction of this first railway to reach London\, notably the equipment needed for the vast movements of earth required to build the railway. \nAbout the Speaker\nFelix Schmid is Professor emeritus of Railway Systems Engineering at the University of Birmingham. Felix is neither a historian nor an archaeologist but a railway systems engineer who enjoys discussing the history of railways and its pioneers. He is a member of Newcomen Council\, and has recently been elected as the next President of the Newcomen Society. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/john-cooke-bourne-and-the-first-london-to-birmingham-railway-by-felix-schmid/ LOCATION:BIRMINGHAM Think Tank\, Birmingham Science Museum\,\, Curzon Street\, Birmingham\, West Midlands\, B4 7XG CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - Midlands Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/24-03-06_JohnCookeBourne_LondontoBirminghamRailway_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Midland Branch":MAILTO:midlands@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240314T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240314T210000 DTSTAMP:20240312T110057Z CREATED:20240312T094221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240312T110057Z UID:13558-1710444600-1710450000@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'Brunel's Swivel Bridge & Severn Tunnel’s Other Pumping Station' by Geoff Wallis & David Hardwick DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ONLINE – Please click this Zoom link 10 mins before event to join us. \nThis is a joint meeting with the Bristol Industrial Archaeology Society \nTwo short talks: \nUPDATE on Brunel's Swivel Bridge (AKA BOB- Brunel's Other Bridge)\nSpeaker – Geoff Wallis\nIn 2022\, The Newcomen Society's published volume 92 of " The International Journal for the History of Engineering & Technology" which was an edition focusing on this bridge regarding its history\, technical significance and the work that was being undertaken to preserve it. BIAS Newsletters have have also contained updates and information on progress on this important project. This talk will pull together recent developments and the latest regarding works undertaken and the options for preservation. \nThe Severn Tunnel's Other Pumping Station\nSpeaker – David Hardwick\nThe Severn Rail Tunnel and the pumping engines at Sudbrook have been the subject of various articles\, talks and publications. As well as a general overview\, this talk considers the lesser known pumping station on the opposite bank of the river. Very little has been written about this. The speaker recently obtained a number of historic images and this talk is intended as a discussion starter regarding what else might be available. \nAbout the Speakers\nDavid Hardwick is a Chartered Building Surveyor with over 35 years' experience\, mostly relating to historic properties. His Master's degree\, in Historical Archaeology of the Modern World from Bristol University\, reflects his passion for industrial heritage. He is a founder member of the South Gloucestershire Mines Research Group and a member of several other mining and industrial heritage organisations\, including the Newcomen Society for which he is currently both a trustee and the Western Region Chairman. David runs his own design and surveying consultancy\, specialising in building recording and analysis\, with an emphasis on historic buildings. He also provides trainings and lectures both locally and nationally at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels on heritage topics as well as building defects and construction technology\, both modern and historic. He is currently actively researching early engine house construction and the Celestine mining industry. \nGeoff Wallis is one of the founders and past managing directors of Dorothea Restoration Engineers Ltd\, the UK's foremost conservators of architectural & structural metalwork\, traditional mills and historic machinery. He is a Past President of the Newcomen Society and the Bristol Industrial Archaeological Society\, Course Leader of the Architectural & Structural Metalwork Conservation course at West Dean College\, and Council member of the National Heritage Ironwork Group\, The Avon Industrial Buildings Trust and the Museum of Bath at Work. Geoff has contributed to a number of books on practical conservation\, and lectures widely on the subject. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/brunels-swivel-bridge-severn-tunnels-other-pumping-station-by-geoff-wallis-david-hardwick/ LOCATION:BRISTOL BAWA\, 589 Southmead Rd\, Filton\, Bristol\, BS34 7RG CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/24-03-14_BrunelsSwivelBridge_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - Western Branch":MAILTO:western@newcomen.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240319T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240319T203000 DTSTAMP:20231017T084715Z CREATED:20230818T104202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231017T084715Z UID:12573-1710873000-1710880200@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'The Side-Lever Steam Engine: An Engineering Story' by Ian Hoose DESCRIPTION:An in-person event only. No need to sign up\, just come along – all are welcome. \nWhen the steam engine became a marine power unit in the early 19th century\, designs followed the concepts of the land-based engines developed by Boulton and Watt. Although a number of designs of marine steam engine emerged\, the side-lever design proved to be both significant and long lasting in commercial and naval applications. An original detailed drawing of the side-lever engine supplied to the Admiralty in 1833 by Maudslay\, Sons and Field has been used to produce animated 3D CAD models\, which will allow us to examine the challenges presented and solutions developed in manufacturing an engine of this type. \nAbout the Lecturer\nFollowing Ian Hoose‘s graduation from the University of Leeds\, a career in energy-intensive industries followed\, with time spent in steel industry research\, energy consultancy\, refractory manufacture and as the Marketing Director of a thermal process engineering company. Since retirement\, the impact of steam engine engineering on naval capability is being actively researched. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-side-lever-steam-engine-an-engineering-story-by-ian-hoose/ LOCATION:MANCHESTER International Anthony Burgess Foundation\, Engine House\, Chorlton Mill\, 3 Cambridge Street\,\, Manchester\, M1 5BY CATEGORIES:UK - North Western Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/24-03-19_TheSideLeverSteamEngine_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - North Western Branch":MAILTO:catherine.casson@manchester.ac.uk END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240326T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240326T191500 DTSTAMP:20231009T103951Z CREATED:20231002T145749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231009T103951Z UID:12756-1711477800-1711480500@www.newcomen.com SUMMARY:'The Ken Barraclough Memorial Lecture - The Beauty of Steel Project' by Viktor Mácha DESCRIPTION:Joining us IN PERSON – just turn up\, there’s no need to register.\nJoining us ON LINE – please email meetings.syorks@newcomen.com for zoom link. \nThis is a joint meeting with the Sheffield Metallurgical and Engineering Association \nWe are very fortunate this year to have Viktor Mácha of Viktor Mácha Industrial Photography\, to deliver the Barraclough lecture which he has intriguingly entitled: The Beauty of Steel Project. \nThe Members Dinner will take place after the lecture. Details will be available in the New Year. \nAbout the Speaker\nViktor Mácha (1984) comes from Prague where he attended Theology and Religious Studies at Charles University. Since 2006\, he has been travelling around the world at his own expense\, documenting the heavy industrial sites such as iron works\, steel works\, rolling mills\, forges\, foundries and coke plants. Currently his archive comprises of several hundred mills stretching from the American Midwest to the Asian part of Russian Urals. \nThe only aim of these photographs is to objectively document the technological processes connected with steel making and shaping. \nIt is possible that our generation will be one of the last to experience the fascinating world of dark\, rumbling factories. URL:https://www.newcomen.com/activity/the-ken-barraclough-memorial-lecture-the-beauty-of-steel-project-by-viktor-macha/ LOCATION:SHEFFIELD Crowne Plaza Royal Victoria\, Victoria Station Road\, Sheffield\, South Yorkshire\, S4 7YE CATEGORIES:Newcomen Online Lecture,UK - South Yorkshire Branch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newcomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/24-03-26_KenBarracloughMemorialLecture_BeautyOfSteel_1920x1280.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Newcomen - South Yorkshire Branch":MAILTO:meetings.syorks@newcomen.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR