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Engineery Leeds Museums & Galleries is officially open 😍 Get a sneaky look at some of the objects in this thread 🧵 Thanks to LEEDS 2023 and The National Lottery Heritage Fund North

The draft programme of papers for the Third International Early Engines Conference #IEEC3 is now available. Running 22-24 March 2024 Summerlee Museum - See booking details: earlyengines.org/ieec3-conferen…

As if you haven't already had enough of me this week, here's a detailed interactive, explorable account of the earliest origins of the steam engine. Have a play with the models here: rootsofprogress.org/steam-engine-o…

#ArchiveAdventCalendar day 11 is about coal, once dug from under the ground to feed industry and heat and power homes The photo shows the rare 1810 Farme Colliery winding engine which worked on the Lanarkshire coalfield & is now preserved Summerlee Museum culturenlmuseums.co.uk/SIModes/Detail…

Early Engines - IEEC Conferences on tour. A journey of discovery to Slovakia. Steve Grudgings shares the story of a fascinating tour, and some wonderful mining engine sites earlyengines.org/early-engines-…

As we approach the 3rd International Early Engines Conference 22-24 March 2024 to be held Summerlee Museum Coatbridge, Scotland we're sharing details of the planned pre- and post- #IEEC3 conference trips #histsci #earlyengines earlyengines.org/to-scotland-fo…

A great #earlyengines talk tonight by David Hardwick who will also be at #IEEC3 later this month #histsci

For #BritishScienceWeek here's a thread about the Newcomen Engine at Elsecar Heritage Centre which you can read more about on our blogsite barnsleymuseums.art.blog/2020/05/12/age…

However you are travelling to #IEEC3 at Summerlee Museum, have a safe and pleasant journey. We look forward to welcoming delegates from Friday 22nd -Sunday 24th March, and pre-and post conference #earlyengines tour participants on Thurs 21st & Monday 25th.

A blustery start to the pre-conference tours out at the Auchenharvie engine house, then exploring Caprington's engine oddities. An intriguing afternoon at in West Lothian with Friends of Kinneil and Kinningars Park, Bo'ness. Back Summerlee Museum the preparations continued #IEEC3

Steaming up bright and early - a delightful welcome to Day 1 of the 3rd International Early Engines Conference Summerlee Museum #IEEC3

Day 2 of #IEEC3 kicked off with a recap of Day 1, including the evening reception in the machinery hall at Summerlee Museum, and wonderful photographs of the Farme Colliery Newcomen winding engine by Ian Castledine. A packed agenda of early engine research followed #earlyengines

#IEEC3 delegates depart Summerlee Museum on a beam engine house tour, led by Steve Grudgings, calling at Prestongrange Museum, Devon Colliery (Sauchie), the Boulton & Watt engine site at Kennetpans distillery by the Forth (discussed on Day 2), and on to explore Culross with local experts.

#IEEC3 post-conference tour. From Summerlee Museum to Devon Colliery engine house near Sauchie/Fishcross. A large Summerlee iron works spanner for the exceptionally large Cornish beam engine at Prestongrange Museum. (IEEC attendee for scale)

A quick note to report the successful conclusion of the 3rd International Early Engines Conference #IEEC3 held at Summerlee Museum 22-24th March 2024 earlyengines.org/ieec3-conferen…

New blog. Read about the rivalry between John Smeaton and James Watt as they raced to improve the steam engine. Find out what happened when Smeaton went to view Watts's engine with disastrous consequences. #Smeaton300 ice.org.uk/news-insight/n…

Some great educational engagement work with local schools and the fantastic 1795 Newcomen engine at Elsecar Elsecar Heritage Centre #HistSci #earlyengines

After the IEEC conferences, #earlyengines research continues unabated - Dr John Kanefsky offers some further snippets of evidence around brass cylinder production #histsci earlyengines.org/research-snipp…