Work on Samson has seen a major accomplishment over the last week, with David trial fitting the new crankshaft and then spending a great deal…
In some appalling weather conditions, Darren and Mark have been hard at work on a number of construction sites. Assisted by Keith, who normally has…
With the rebuild of Sheffield tram No.264 gathering momentum, and therefore its appearance on the blog becoming more regular, I thought a brief overview of…
Over recent weeks Andy Martin has been out and about with his camera, capturing the Museum at dusk and after dark. Here are the fruits…
There has been lots to report this week already, with Jonathan giving an update on the telecom and mining matters in other posts – here…
Thanks to some help from BT (the real one!) our project to increase the use of the museums Strowger exchange is making good progress. BT…
Today marked the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Mines Rescue Station at Houghton-le-Spring. To mark the event the Station held an open day…
The winter season brings with it the benefit (from a maintenance point of view) of the Museum being closed on Monday’s and Fridays. This enables…
Some exciting news for the tramway fleet – we are very pleased to have concluded negotiations with our colleagues at Heaton Park for the loan…
Work on Samson continues each day, with tangible progress usually evident, and if not, a pile of swarf confirms things are progressing nicely! Below: Tony cut…
Plenty to report this week and more to come, so we’ll kick off with a review of a few of the ongoing activities on and…
On a recent visit to Nenthead Mines, near Alston in Cumbria, I took the opportunity to have a look around the site. The visit was…
Here is an update on the various projects under way in and around the RHEC… Below: Tony is forging ahead with the Londonderry box chaldron…
Here is a round of updates from around the Museum, looking at the T&I projects the team is working on as well as one or…
After a kind invitation from Banks Mining I was able to visit their Brenkley Lane surface mine in Northumberland. The impressive site is set to be…
In recent days a steady flow of bricks and timber roof trusses have begun to arrive at Beamish. These are the materials from the former…
This week has been particularly busy, with no end of occurrences (and breakdowns) to deal with as well as a break in the recent wet…
Any work involving digging is exciting! It brings about quick results and often remarkable changes in a very short amount of time. The work to…
The construction of Samson is making good progress on various fronts as this selection of pictures shows: Below: The cylinder block is seen here, set…
There are a number of posts in preparation but for starters here is a brief update on some of the projects in the RHEC that…
The current focus of work on Samson is centred around the cylinder block (seen in earlier posts) and the reverser/pump stand. Here we look at…
There has been lots happening in the T&I (Transport & Industry) department at Beamish – here is a brief summary of some of the highlights……
The Rural Life team have recently embraced the use of mechanical power for the working field displays, making use of Fordson, Ferguson and Case tractor…
This week seems to have passed in a blur, with all manner of things progressing/occurring of interest to the T&I department at Beamish – here…
Our building team have been busily working away with the Stable building, which is starting to take shape nicely. The brick work of the front…
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