Replica of Liverpool & Manchester Railway 1st Class carriage 'Traveller' 1930 (replica); 1834 (original)
Door panel, padded maroon leather, ex Broad Gauge Royal Saloon by W Harvie, Foreman, Great Western Railway Swindon Carriage Department 1871. Broad Gauge Royal Saloon door panel, 1871 1871
Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles". 1899/12
The London and North Western Railway Four-Cylinder Compound Express Locomotive No 1909, Jubilee 1899/05
Great Western Railway "Cornishman" Express Train, hauled by 4-4-2 No. 3046 "Lord of the Isles" 1899/12
Grout 'Tension' bicycle, 1871. This could easily be mistaken as simply an early example of James Stanley’s ordinary bicycle (aka the penny-farthing), however this has a significant difference. The large wheel uses the W. H. J. Grout patent of 1870 making this a ‘Tension’ bicycle. The tension of the spokes can be adjusted by tightening or loosening the screws at the end of the spokes, improving the rider’s control of the bicycle. The tension patent was also used in tricycles which boasted the capability of easily riding up hills while other riders with non-tension tricycles had to dismount and push. 'Tension' bicycle 1871
Whitworth's workshop length measuring machine for measuring to an accuracy of 1/40,000 inch. Whitworth's workshop length measuring machine for measuring to an accuracy of 1/40 1871