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A record of the last Black Country hand steel rolling mill (John Bradley & Co.) made in 1982, only 3 days before it closed. The production follows the process from raw material to the final rolled section,...
Records the last night on which the ‘New York Times’ was printed using ‘hot type’ cast from molten lead. Linotype setting, page make-up, stereotype matting, curved metal-plate casting and the final...
A record of the last bottle-oven firing in the Potteries in August 1978 at the Gladstone Pottery Museum. Craftsmen who had not placed saggars for twenty five years returned for this unique occasion to do it...
Describes the history and operation of the Claverton pumping engine, built in 1813 to pump water from the River Avon up to the Kennet and Avon canal near Bath. This was reputedly the largest water driven...
3: The last piecing machine to operate in Britain was filmed at Bridgend on the Isle of Islay. The piecing machine’s function was to join the strips of wool, produced by the carding machine, to form...
A record of the rise and decline of a cross-country railway and of its resuscitation as a preserved line. The construction of the Mid-Hants Railway and its opening from Alton to Winchester Junction in 1865...
Shows 16 waterwheels seen working in 1978 and others no longer in use. Outlines the development of waterwheels in Britain and shows some applications in corn milling (6 watermills operating commercially),...
Traces the history of the Floating Bridge which, until the middle of 1977, crossed the River Itchen between Southampton and Woolston. It has now been replaced by a fixed bridge. Describes how the bridge...
Illustrates the difficulties experienced in planning and cutting the Forth and Clyde Canal between 1768 and 1790. Discusses the canal today, dealing with the problems of preservation, restoration and use of...
Adamsez, the bathroom-ware manufacturers, went out of business in 1975. One of the casualties of the closure was a small self-contained operation housed in an ancient collection of buildings in...
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