Each beam engine has a 13 tonne beam, 24 tonne flywheel and is the height of a 4-storey building. Burton-upon-Trent produced an enormous amount of sewage for a small town, mainly brewery waste ...

An introduction to some significant inventions from the Victorian era ... significantly helped the Victorians build railways and steam engines at a rapid pace. In 1837 Isambard Kingdom Brunel ...

Inventions like the steam engine and the growth of industries like cotton mills brought many people to live and work in Scotland's towns and cities. This steam engine powered the mills at New ...

Did you know that the first car was rumbling round London more than 200 years ago, and long before the Victorian era ... With a billowing steam engine at the back, wheels that would tower over ...

Two of north London's Victorian steam museums have merged into a single organisation, while preserving the two museums as ...