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Jos6 Manuel Lopes Cordeiro witnessed traces of the modern industry. Even in the eighteenth century, the country tried to keep Europe. INDUSTRIAL This article presents a brief suruey of the rise and pace with industrialisation elsewhere in development of industrial archaeology in Portugal The Royal Silk Twisting Mill of Chacim, at Tr6s-os- Montes, established in 1778, introduced the round since the late 1 970s, the recording of its industrial NEWS 106 heritage, the range of survivals, achievements in silk twisting mill technology into the lberian conservation, the work of museums and Peninsula from Piedmont in ltaly, remains of which Autumn 1998 universities, and some of the growing volume of still exist. Also at that date the first modern cotton relevant literature. The author is Editor of spinning mills were set up. Among them the Royal factory, President Arqueologia lndustrial, the national iournal on the Spinning Mill of Tomar, the first British-type Hilary Malaws subject. established in 1789 by the French-Portuguese Y Felin, Tyn-y-graig, Ystrad Meurig, Dtrfed 5Y25 6AE merchants J. Ratton and T. Lecussan Verdier, which Vice-President The term 'industrial archaeology'first appeared in also still exists, having operated until quite recently. Dr Michael Hanison 19 Sandles Close, The Ridings, Droitwich Spa WR9 8RB print in Portuguese in 1896, by Francisco Sousa The effort to industrialise reached the colonies too the late 1970s that and, in 1767, the Nova Oeiras lronworks was Treasurer Viterbo, but it was not until Michael Messenger there was a marked surge of interest in the founded in Angola. lts remains were preserved and 144 Lake Road EasL Roath Park, Cardiff CF2 5NQ industrial heritage. In his pioneer article classified as an historic monument by the colonial Secretary 'Portuguese industrial archaeology - the mills', authorities and the Portuguese government as early Amber Patrick published in the August-September issue of 1896 as 28 May 1925. 4 Gratton Road, Cheltenham GL50 2Bs of 0 Archeologo Portuguis (The Portuguese The Napoleonic Invasions ('l 807-181 1) and Review EditoB lA Archaeologist), the most important archaeological their economic implications, namely the possibility Neave6on and Dr Marilyn Palmer Peter of School of Archaeological Studies, The University, leicester review of that epoch, presently published by the of setting up factories in Brazil and the ability LEl 7RH National Museum of Archaeology of Lisbon. Sousa this Portuguese colony to establish free trade with lA New5 Editor Viterbo not only laid the foundations to a new study foreign countries, were among the main causes Dr Peter Stanier area but showed how research and interpretation which destroyed the precarious industrial structure Dorset SP7 8LF 49 Ereach Lane, Shaftesbury, of the physical remains of past manufacturing in Portugal of that epoch. Constitutional struggles Conference Se(retaiy activities, and peoples'memories of their in 1820-34 and further political instability delayed David Alderton operation, could be of relevance to understanding industrial development. The steam engine only 48 Quay Street Halesworth, Suffolk lPl9 8EY the modern world. anived in Portugal in 181 9, although some had Affiliated so(ieties Liaison offi cer Brazil since 1 81 1 . Nevertheless, Gordon Knowles A background account of Portuguese industrial been operating in 7 Squinels Green, Great Bookham, Leatherhead, Suney history cannot avoid stressing that the country was before and after that period, water was an KT23 3LE a latecomer. In fact, thoughout most of its history, important power source of the Portuguese industry, Membership Secretary Portugal was a country where activities connected mainly in the inland areas. Between 1 850 and 1 914 Prof David Penett with agriculture, fishing and trade were more the pace of industrial development was fairly 33 St MargareB Road, Erockley, London SE4 lYL relevant than industry. Only after World War ll did steady, accelerating after 1 870. Sales fficer Portugal develop systematically and its economy Portugal has a great variety of metallic ores, Roger Ford Barn Cottag€, Bddge Sueet Bridgnorth, Shropshire start becoming thus a modern one. but they are generally of low quality and a lot of vW15 5AF In spite of this backwardness Portugal soon mines have been exhausted. Tin and tungsten are Publicity Officer Anne Alderton 48 Quay Street Halesworh, Suffolk lP19 8EY Fieldwork and Recording Award Officer Shane Gould Essex County Council Planning Department County Hall, Chelmsford, Essex CMl 1LF

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IJnderground recording by RCHME at South Crofty came just (see page 6) in time before the tin mine's closure Beira tnterior university Wool Museum, with eighteenth-century Dornas dyeworks Photo: RCHME @ Crown Copyright Photo: @ CREA-CEPP/Museu de Lanificios da UBI

2 INDUSTRIALARCHAEOLOGYNEWS 106 proposals to preserve the industrial heritage. In a period when the Portuguese economy is undergoing a deep change - many firms are being

shut down, some of them over 1 00 years old - and when, chiefly in urban areas, building development pressures threaten old industrial plants, some of them no longer active, it is urgent to start the systematic survey of the industrial heritage. This demands sufficient funding, so that we will be able to safeguard industrial structures, record the most outstanding architectural features and, when advisable, propose the listing of sites or structures. The concern of some councils with recording the industrial heritage has had positive aspects and some surveys have been started (such as in Oporto, Amadora and Vila Franca de Xira). These examples are, however, rare and surveys of mines about to stop production, and closed narrow gauge railways, should be started before it is too late. In fact, the current situation of the railway heritage is cause for worry because the regional narrow gauge network was recently closed and the fates of and equipment, including some Corroios tide mill. Seixal. lndustrial Heritaqe Nucleus of the Municipal Museum Photo: Nelson Cruz station buildings of the small museums already existing, are found at Panasqueira and FundSo in the centre of artificial harbour of 1886-1892. unknown. just the country. The Torre de Moncorvo area has Interest in Portuguese industrial archaeology In Leix6es harbour, north of Oporto, two important deposits of iron ore although they are began in the late 1970s, included in a wider 5O-tonne Titan steam cranes remain. They were not currently exploited. lron and copper pyrites are movement to protect the national cultural heritage built in 1888 by the French Compagnie Fives-Lille, found around S5o Domingos and Aljustrel, and which gave rise to many initiatives aiming at and were used to lay the foundations ofthe harbour there are uranium deposits at Urgeiriga in the preservation demanded by better informed public piers. There is also a similar 90-tonne crane, but 1 Wergust central area. Coal is little exploited, the main beds oDtnton. operated by electricity, built in 924 by the being situated in Cape Mondego, 550 Pedro da The main initiatives which developed for the Scriedam Company. plants been classified. Cova and Pej5o. Quarrying of limestone, marble, industrial heritage took place in the 1980s. Among Few and structures have granite and china clay is still important. However, them the first great exhibition, organised in 1985 Among the most important is the set of furnaces the total number of mines in operation has in Lisbon, in a former thermo-electric power plant of former dyeworks of the Royal Cloth Factory of decreased rapidly, mainly because of an inability (Central Teio) which for decades had supplied the Covilh5, which was classified in 1982. They are to compete in international markets. Preservation capital with electricity. This exhibition, called now at display in the Beira Interior University Wool is now urgent as most disused mines have been 'lndustrial Archaeology, a world to know, a world Museum. Lisbon has the largest set of classified left to fall into ruins or, even, completely destroyed. to preserve', was organised by the Heritage sites, among them the Rossio Railway Station, the The fishing industry exists along the whole Institute of the Ministry of Culture. In the following Viriva Lamego Ceramic Factory, the Baino Grandela coastline, and is one of Portugal's traditional year the First National Meeting on the Industrial (one of the working-class dwellings built at the resources, contributing substantially to the feeding Heritage took place. Over 200 people participated, turn of the century with a faqade having an unusual of the population as well as supplying the canning showing the interest in industrial archaeology. The triangular pediment supported by six columns) and industry. strong impact on public opinion of both these the Auto-Palace Garage. In Oporto, the most Many survivals of traditional manufacturing events led to the setting up in 1 989 of an exhibition activities have disappeared in recent years, but on the archaeology of the fish canning industry at some remains of the shipbuilding tradition can be Matosinhos, near Oporto. seen at places like Vila do Conde. In the The 1990s brought a wider diversification and seventeenth and eighteenth centuries many sounder foundation of some existing proiects. On decorative tiles were used in both religious and the other hand, the founding of new lA societies secular buildings, and subsequently railway slackened, although there are symptons at present stations were decorated with glazed tile panels of a change. An important feature concerns the with regional motifs. media, mainly print, which has devoted some space Coastal shipping and inland navigation to the industrial heritage since the late 1970s. As provided the basic means of transport before regards cunent projects they are chiefly connected railways and the development of an adequate road with the foundation of industrial museums, of system in the nineteenth century. In 1 821, a regular which there are few in the country. Industrial steamshio connection was established between archaeology have been included in different subject Lisbon and Oporto. Stage coaches began to operate cunicula at the Coimbra and Minho universities. between the two cities only in 1855, along a At the former, Professor Amado Mendes gave macadamised road. Road building continued on a lectures and supervised seminars on industrial considerable scale throughout the second half of heritage. At the latter, a research programme on the century. The first railway was opened in 1856 industrial archaeology was established and the and by 1932 a network of 2,144 miles (3,450 km) university publishes the national journal on the had been constructed. The main commercial ports subject. are located on the estuaries of the principal rivers: Recent changes in the government policy for Harmonia Flour Mill (1890), where the 0porto Museum of Lisbon on the Tagus, Setribal on the Sado, and the cultural heritage, namely the foundation of an Science and lndustry will be located probably bring about Leix6es near Oporto on the LeEa, the last an Institute of Archaeology, will Photo: J M Looes Cordeiro

INDUSTRIALARCHAEOLOGY NEWS'06 3 power plant) and the Manuel da Maia Water Museum (in a former water pumping station), both in Lisbon, the Concrete Museum at Maceira-Liz, and the Santos Barosa glass factory museum at Marinha Grande, both near Leiria. Publications in the field of industrial archaeology have increased. Nevertheless, these are mainly articles published in various journals. Books and studies of a wider range are scarce. In fact. some of these books are more concerned with economic history than industrial archaeology. The national journal Arqueologia lndustrial, published since 1987 by the Industrial Archaeology Programme of the Minho University, and now by the Oporto Science and Industry Museum, started new series in 1993 and 1996, having undergone a deep restructuring. For further reading, articles more readily accessible to British readers include:

J. M. Lopes Cordeiro, 'Portugal'and other entries, in B. Trinder (ed), Ihe Blackwell Encyclopaedia of lndustrial Archaeology, Oxford, 1992, 584-588. Manuel da Maia Water Museum, Lisbon. The former pumping water station. Photo: @ EPAI J. M. Lopes Cordeiro, 'A technology transfer in Portugal's late eighteenth century: the Royal two preserved, namely faqades and one chimney. The outstanding classified structures are Silk Twisting Mill of Chacim', Textile History, Maria inside of the building was totally restructured, and nineteenth-century iron bridges. One, the Vol.23, No.2, 1992, 177-188. Pia railway bridge, by Eiffel and built in 1877, was several outhouses demolished to create classified as a National Monument in 1982 and as surrounding space. In Oporto, the former tram car J. Dickenson, 'Vila Nova de Gaia: an urban an International Historical Civil Engineering shed of 19'15 was made into the Museum of the winescape', Landscape, Vol.31, No.2, 1992, Landmark, by the American Society of Civil Tram Car, where old trams have been renovated 19-25. Engineers in 1990. Now disused, its conservation to the smallest detail. At Matosinhos, where fish J. Hume, 'lndustrial archaeology in Portugal', and potential re-use are being studied. At Seixal, canning was important, the local county council lndustrial Archaeology,Yol. Vll, No.3, 1970, intends a cannery into a museum Set0bal district, a remarkable set of ten tide mills to turn former of 341 -343. on the Tagus estuary has been classified since the canning industry. 'social '1984. The Oporto Museum of Science and Industry J. M. Pedreira, structure and the persistence in Some buildings and equipments still in use - Trust, a project launched by the Oporto County of rural domestic industry the best preservation solution - may be mentioned. Council and supported by the AIP (the Oporto- nineteenth century Portugal', Journal of '19, Among them is the iron-framed Santa Justa lift, based Industrial Portuguese Association) will be European Economic History, Yol. 1990, built in 1902 at Lisbon, the only remaining vertical located in the former Moagens Harmonia, a flour s21-547. lift, in neo-Gothic style, and a work of the mill dating from 1890. M. C. Teixeira, 'Portugal', in C. G. Pooley (ed), Portuguese engineer Raoul Mesnier du Ponsard, The following industrial museums, sponsored Housing Strategies in Europe 1880-1930, and the Rossio railway station, by the architect Jos6 by county councils, deserve special mention: the Leicester University Press, 1992, 268-296. Luis Monteiro, in neo-Manueline style, built in Conoios tide mill of the Municipal Ecomuseum of

1 886-87. Seixal is a successful conservation project; the Industrial landscapes is an area which has been PortimSo Municipal Museum displays a valuable neglected. Portugal, in spite of a non-intensive sample of canned fish industry artefacts; the industrialisation, possesses interesting industrial Setrlbal Work Museum has been very active, mainly landscapes, such as the valleys of the Ave and its educational department; the Cork Museum ADVERTISE IN NabSo rivers, where water power played an Project, at Moita, re-using a former factory, is about important r6le in the past. In an urban environment, to start. IA NEWS town landscapes such as at Covilh6 or GuimarSes The Beira Interior University Wool Museum, IA News reaches a wide readership are of interest. A unique urban landscape can be at CovilhS, has retained the dyeworks of the tbrough direct subscriptions, seen at the mainly nineteenth-century port wine eighteenth-century Royal Wool Manufactory, with circulation to affifieted organisationa cellars of Vila Nova de Gaia. the aim of making it a museum. Other plans for a,trd uae in librarios. Excavations on industrial sites are the weaker museums deserving mention include the hydro- Ihe market reached wi]l bo attra.tive side of research. Not only are they scarce but the electric power plant of Vila Franca do Campo, on to publishers, tour operators, heritage few results have not yet been published. lt is 55o Miguel island (Azores), the Museum of consulta,nts and visitor attractions. imoossible therefore assess their scientific Portuguese Enterprise of Explosives, and the to Advertising rates range from as little (Azores). contribution to understanding our industrial past. Whalers' Museum on Lajes do Pico as €3O to €17O for a full page. Portugal has no strong tradition of adaptive The Portuguese Railway Company also proceeds contribute to the costs of re-use projects. Industrial buildings have been re- possesses a network of small museums located in All the Newsletter and the work of the used mainly to set up museums. An exception is railway stations, chiefly in the northern and central Association which is a, Reg'istered the Ceramic Factory Jeronimo Pereira Campos, areas, where old steam locomotives, carriages and charity. Inserts may be mailed with IA founded in 1896 at Aveiro, which was renovated other railway relics are displayed. News at a chaxge of 425. and is being re-used to house a professional school The Aporem (Portuguese Association of For further details, contept tJre Editor. and cultural centre. As is so often the case, only Company Museums) has among its members the the main architectural features have been Electricity Museum (in a former thermo-electric

4,NDIJSTRIALARCHAEOLOGYNEWS 106 Industrial Collections and Museums in Crisis?

Glenys Crocker behalf of the Brede watenruorks near Hastings. ln the afternoon. David De Haan, Head of The AIA Affiliated Societies' Working Weekend was Collections at lronbridge, conducted a behind-the- held at lronbridge on 3-5 April 1998. This yeals scenes visit to the library and museums at theme was concerned with the current and future Coalbrookdale, to see prints from the Elton state of industrial collections and museums. collection, the archive store, Museum of lron store and the costume collection, which includes items The weekend began on Friday evening with the of Quaker dress. 0n Saturday evening we had the usual informal gathering for dinner at the Meadows traditional dinner at Blists Hill, after which Stuart Inn. The first talk on Saturday morning was by Ron Warburton brought the house down with an Fitzgerald, formerly of the Leeds Industrial Museum improbable multiple-choice quiz about a number and now a consultant industrial archaeologist, on of bizane early twentieth-century patents. What Museums and the Industrial Archaeology Legacy. were they for? First prize: Tony Yoward. He pointed out that the consensus of the 1970s, 0n Sunday morning Carol Whittaker, on the importance of conservation and Collections Manager of Falkirk Museums, spoke preservation, had more recently come to be on Managing Industrial Collections. She stressed challenged and also that enthusiasm for technology that the value of collections or objects is in their David de Haan describes the finer points of the Elton among the staff of museums had declined as the power to inform and educate future generations Collection Photo: Gordon Knowles preponderance of qualifications in the arts and and that displays should stimulate the public to humanities over those in science and technology ask questions rather than be satisfied with the looking, new enterprise culture is hostile to the had become more marked among them. The information as presented. In discussion, a warning concept of heritage and non-statutory obligations situation was particularly worrying in local was given against the acceptance of loans, which of local authorities tend to be squeezed. ln authority museums which did not have the benefit can lead to administrative problems. Scotland, where there is a statutory obligation to of trustees. He proposed that the AIA and the Don Storer spoke on Standards and Care of provide museums, the minimum standard tends Newcomen Society should jointly approach the Industrial Collections, on which he had canied out to be applied. The present number of museums is Museums and Galleries Commission to recommend a survey in 1989. He paid particular attention to not sustainable. 0n a positive note he suggested an enquiry into the state of industrial museums, the moving and care of large objects, with which that a way forward is in co-operation with the and at the end of the weekend the meeting agreed he had been much involved and which he corporate sector, particularly in the context of to support this proposal. illustrated with slides. 'regeneration' for which there is currently some Liz Frostick of Birmingham City Museums gave The last major talk was by Victor Middleton, political will. This is in fact already happening, for the second talk, on The Discovery Centre, one of on New Vision ll: the Future of Collections. He had example at lronbridge, Swindon and the Scottish the components of the city's Millennium Point produced a study for the Association of Maritime Museum. lt was suggested in discussion project which is being developed with Millennium Independent Museums in 1990 and was currently that it may be more productive to engage with new funding and is to manage Birmingham's industrial working on a second one, to be published before regional rather than national frameworks. collection. Robert Copeland then talked about the Association's conference in September. Jur Kingma concluded the morning's Cheddleton Flint Mill and his experience on behalf Meanwhile it will feed into a government study on programme with a short member's contribution on of a management trust of following, successfully, strategy for museums in England. He noted that recent developments in the Netherlands. The the rigorous procedures necessary for obtaining developments such as Sunday trading, the growth Association's President, Hilary Malaws, chaired the registered museum status. The museum is also one of one-stop retail-leisure complexes and the final discussion. Carol Whittaker and Stuart of the few small establishments which have decreasing leisure and rising income of the working Warburton were thanked for drawing up the obtained lottery funding. lts trust was formed in population are factors which pose a real threat to programme and Gordon Knowles for organising '1957 to preserve and conserve the mill, according the future of museums. The modern, forward- the meeting. to the priorities of the day, and has since broadened its scope to collect exhibits relating to the preparation of raw materials for the pottery industry. There followed a session of members' contributions on case studies. Alan Crocker, who had become a director of the company managing the Waltham Abbey gunpowder mills project, outlined the structure of the organisation and the ootential conflicts of interest. He stressed that a substantial grant from the lottery fund is for the development of an Interpretative Heritage Site, as distinct from a Museum, which means that it cannot be used for the collection and curation of objects. John Crompton reported new develooments at the Museum of Scotland, whose new building is due to open in November. His comments on the principles of collecting were illustrated by examples which included the control desk of a nuclear power station and the first transistor. Ron Martin then gave an account of an unsuccessful application for lottery funding on Behind the scenes in the Museum of lron's reserve collection Photo: Gordon Knowles

IND'JSTRIALARCHAEOLOGYNEWS 106 5 RCHME - business as usual !

Keith Falconer ln the couple of years since the last feature in lndustrial Archaeofogy News the Royal Conmission on the Historical Monuments of England can report on an impressive body of lA work, much of which has emanated from a close working relationship with Englkh Heritage.

The Commission's internal prioritisation of recording work, heavily weighed to threat and conservation needs, has favoured the industrial heritage and thus, despite cutbacks in government funding and staff resources, our industrial archaeological output continues to rise. The amalgamation of the Archaeological Survey Division and the Architectural Survey Division into Doomed site: New Cook's Shaft at South Croftv Mine Photo: RCHME @ Crown Copyright a single Survey Division has not affected the Industrial Archaeology area as it already straddled the divide between Divisions. Hampshire to Cornwall, this rapid survey provides enough range of material to attempt a work of English Heritage have partly funded surveys a context for the more detailed work already synthesis on one of the key industries of the of textile mills in various parts of the country. Those undertaken on individual mills of the West of Industrial Revolution - the development of the on the mills of NW Derbyshire and the Derwent England woollen industry centred on English Textile Mill. Valley have been completed, and the results await Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Further Other surveys being undertaken in association dissemination, while considerable progress has surveys are planned for the areas of historic with English Heritage cover warehouses in been made with the much more ambitious survey Lancashire not covered by the Commission's book Liverpool and Manchester, a desk-based study of of textile mills in the south and west of England. on the mills of Greater Manchester. This inter-war road transport buildings and a national Covering over a thousand identified sites in the programme of surveys satisfies a RCHME priority, survey of maltings. In this latter survey Commission eight counties extending from Oxfordshire and first formally identified in 1 990, to assemble a wide staff are providing detailed case studies and field, and graphic, support to Amber Patrick's report. In association with Oxfordshire County Council, a rapid survey of Banbury's industrial heritage has been undertaken. The Commission also provides detailed surveys of individual sites to inform statutory protection and conservation. Thus the Commission's detailed building recording of the Homewell Parchment Works in Hampshire led to the Listing of this unique site and, similarly, to the protection of the early timber-framed wharf warehouse at Lechlade and to the Grade ll* Listing of Ton Vale Mill, the gem of the New Mills cofton mills (see lA News 1.05. The survey of the early part of Boulton & Watt's Soho Foundry site, which was to be cleared for redevelopment, proved for the first time the survival of a significant amount of late eighteenth century fabric. The undercroft passages of the air furnaces and boring mill retained their arrangement as shown in contemporary diagrams and the site has now been protected. 0n the conservation front, surveys have ranged widely. They have included an assessment and historical record of Caphouse Colliery, to underpin the National Lottery funded project of restoration and development, the process recording of South Crofg - the last tin mine in Europe, the detailed measured survey of water driven workshops at Abbeydale, to inform repair work, and the comprehensive reports on Cromford Mill and North Mill Belper to document the case for World Heritage Site designation. The project on the field archaeology of Furness lron and related woodland industries is drawing Underground at South Crofty, paft of the recording of Europe's last tin mine, which has since closed to a close with the recording of the iron furnaces Photo: RCHME @ Crown Copyright

6 INDUSTRIALARCHAEOLOGYNEWS 106 themselves. The archaeological survey work on in BIAS Journal 34 while the record of Derby Dartmoor and Exmoor which has covered Railway Works has also been completed. numerous mining sites of all ages is also reaching The redevelopment of the Swindon Railway completion and it is hoped that a publication on Works site where the Commission has its Head the archaeology of Exmoor will result. The Office, National Monuments Record Centre, Commission is about to commence an ambitious continues apace, informed by continuing recording programme to record the industrial sites work by the Commission. The GWR Designer 0utlet highlighted by English Heritage's Monuments Village located in magnificent 1874 erecting shops Protection Programme. This will comprise a series sponsored a leaflet outlining the history of the site of projects dealing with individual industries and and recently celebrated over four million visitors will greatly enhance the deposited records already in its first year and are looking to expand into the created at Steo 3 of the MPP remaining early workshops. Work has now started A book on military explosives manufacturing on the new GWR Railway Museum in the 1865 R sites, building on the detailed survey of Waltham Shop while the fire-proof Pattern Store with its Abbey gunpowder works, is due to be published huge water tanks has been converted into a public in the autumn and will be a major contribution to nou5e. our knowledge of not only gunpowder but later The Commission itself has opened an explosives production. A project on the buildings exhibition area and shop - The Gallery - as a of the Cold War has also developed out of our work window to its collections and as an outlet for its on the Defence of Britain and includes many sites publications which include the recently acclaimed of lA interest such as the Chicksands radio book on Farmsteads. Publications in the pipeline interceotion aerial site. include, in association with English Heritage, the HM the Queen is prcsented Mth Swindon: the Legacy of a The recording of individual sites and volume on military explosives manufacturing sites Railway Town by RCHME Chairnan, Lord Faringdon Photo: RCHME @ Crown Copyright landscapes continues and notable recent cases already mentioned and, in association with the include the St Peters Street frontage of the Great Cornwall Archaeological Unit and English Heritage, Northern Railway Warehouse in Manchester, Gun a second volume on the archaeology of Bodmin Landscapes, Photographic Recording, Technical Wharf at Portsmouth, with buildings ranging from Moor - this one dealing with the industrial Survey and Training, as well as Industrial late eighteenth century storehouses to post-war landscaoe. Archaeology. diving towers, Royal William Victualling Yard at To make its survey and recording capabilities Finally, can the lA fraternity count a very Devonport, Morris's first car factory in Cowley, the more widely known and available to the illustrious member amongst its readership? Her extractive landscape of Meldon on the fringe of commercial market the Commission has produced Majesty The Queen honoured the RCHME with a Dartmoor, the manganese mine workings at a brochure pack on its Survey Services with visit to the National Monuments Record Centre last Hartshill Hayes in Wanruickshire and the Shaugh separate inserts detailing its work on Aerial Survey, November and was presented with a copy of Bridge china clay works in Devon. The survey of Archaeological Sites and Landscapes, Building Swindon: the Legacy of a Railway lown by the Avonside lronworks in Bristol has been published Recording and Interpretation, Buildings in their Chairman, Lord Faringdon.

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Readers are encouraged to write to the Editor with their views on matters raised in lA News, or other current issues. Education Richards & Co, Bishopsgate, London; or the gazetteer, but was intended Napier Power Wood Target 1860'. Enquiries of as a stimulus to local industrial Re'Education' in lA News l04,Spring The Napier Power Heritage Trust was Robert White, Archaeological archaeologists to continue this work 1998, page 1 5: whilst it is heartening formed by a group of retired Napier more detail. I believe David Eve to learn that the School of Conservation Officer for Yorkshire in engineers, with the aim to research, Dales National Park Authority, would also find it stimulating in Archaeological Studies at Leicester record and preserve the once- confirmed the presence of a rifle furthering his understanding of the has accepted Industrial Archaeology neglected engineering history of our butts at Attermire from at Springhead and other Kent sites. 'fully as part of the discipline of range and company, D. Napier & Son, one time late nineteenth century. ln addition to the above, I will archaeology within a university least the of Acton in West London. In the few to having a crateful of detailed context', one wonders whether Coincidentally, it was Robert White admit years we have been operating, we who, so years ago, first noted the rifle information about the Hertfordshire Leicester really is the'only university consider we have been remarkably butts Dunstable Downs for the watercress-growing industry which I in Britain' to do so. At the University at successful in bringing together the Bedfordshire Historic Environment have been able to research in more of Newcastle upon Tyne, for example, disperse history of our famous detail, with Mr Goodwin's assistance. Industrial Archaeology has formed Record. company. London I lack the luxury of leisure to write it part of the undergraduate course Checking of the We are well familiar with the another former up and publish it, but whilst I await within the Department of Directories by Napier engineering history of this Alan Cox, now of the this good fortune, I am happy to Archaeology since 1990. Students colleague, century, dealing with motor cars and RCHME's Survey of London, revealed correspond (preferably by e-mail) within that department can study and the various aero engines that the the Richards family to be ironmongers with other interested researchers. research (and have done so and are company designed and developed: there in the 1810s and 1820s, Steve Fletcher doing so) Industrial Archaeology as the most famous of a long line of becoming Richards, Wood & Co. in l7 Periwinkle Lane part of their second or third year of engines being the Lion, 'W' shaped studies, as an 'assessed work' the 1830s, during which time they Hitchin engine, and the Sabre, sleeve valve moved Bishopsgate Street. By HerR SG5 ITY module, as a subject for their final- to engine of Typhoon and Tempest fame I 846 the firm was Thomas 5. Richards e-ma i I : Stevie F [email protected] year dissertation, as part of a taught of World War Two. Master's degree (including their & Co., becoming Richards & Co. by Unfortunately, the same 1860 and described in the 1870s as Railway request dissertation), and as PhD students. familiarity does not apply to the merchants and iron target I am cunently undertaking research Stafford M. Linsley iron history of the last century, which is manufacturers. on various aspects of the railways in Centre for Continuing Education not well documented due to loss of I hope this adds something to the the Dundee and North East Fife areas, The University company records related to discussion on what were evidently with particular reference to those Newcastle upon Tyne reorganisational moves since leaving purpose-made items. which served the Dundee Harbour NEI 7RU Acton in 1967. Stephen R. Coleman Authority docks - both the North As an example of our lack o{ H i E nvi ronment I nformation British and the Caledonian Railways Cast-iron shooting butts storic information of that era, we recently Officer had connections to these. In addition received notification of a Napier Further to the correspondence in /A Bedfordshire County Council to the harbour area I am trying to find rotative beam engine of 1859, News 105 concerning cast-iron County Hall illustrations of NBR/LNER services discovered quite by chance by the shooting butts, I would like to add Cauldwell Street and/or installations in the 1 920s and Stationary Steam Engine Society that similar plates are known from gAP Bedford MK42 1930s in the same area. Society in the University building in Bedfordshire and the Yorkshire Dales. A further project concerns the Madrid. lt was claimed to be Spain's In 1995, during scrub clearance two branch lines from Wimbledon to first steam engine, used for the Mint, on a rifle range in a combe at the foot Watercress Sutton and to West Croydon via although we think it more likely to of Dunstable Downs in Bedfordshire, I refer to David Eve's article Mitcham, both of which I knewwhile have been supplied to the Spanish eight plates were revealed fronting 'Springhead Gardens and the at school in the 1950s. Arsenal in the 1860s. one of three earthwork butts (TL watercress industry'. From both the Any assistance which can be We are most interested to know 006207). These butts were summary and his last paragraph, it given will be greatly appreciated - for what purpose the engine was constructed in 1902 but replaced would appear that he, and therefore including details of anyone or any used,andwwouldbegrateiulforany earlier examples dating from cl859. probably others, are unaware of an organisation who might have information on this, or other early Every plate measured 6 feet by 2 feet article published in the Southampton information of relevance. Napier enqines, known to readers. on a frame attached to the rear edges, University lA Group lournal, No. 1, Alistair F. Nisbet whilst the six central ones bore a 1996, 15-21: 'Watercress growing in 6 xctavian Way Chairman, rrO,", f:;{ry::,::{" pattern of squares (each square 5 Hampshire: a forgotten industry?' by Brackley Trust inches by 6 inches) and interlocking Steve Fletcher and Dave Goodwin. Northants NNl3 7BL 19 Richardson House circles. Initially their quality In this article, we give a North End Crescent suggested they might be re-used geographical background to the London Wl4 8TE flooring, but enquiries at lronbridge industry, a brief history ofthe industry drew a blank. in Hertfordshire and a comparative However, a couple of months ago history of Hampshire watercress my volunteer assistant, Trevor Ball, growing. We then go on to cover, for TBC Electronic Publishing was on a walking tour in the Hampshire, the layout and equipment pleased to be associated with the production Yorkshire Dales and by chance came of sites, the growing year, and Are across exactly similar plates to those transport. A bibliography is followed of Industrial Archaeologr News had seen me Dunstable by a gazetteer locating and describing he with at We also produce a.ll forms of other printed material, from a business card Downs. They lay near the junction of 30 sites, in the basins of the ltchen to an encyclopedia, and can offer a 100/o discount to Scar valleys of the two footpaths beneath Attermire and the Test, and the Association members using our services. near Settle (SD 838641). Clearly, Meon, Wey and Lodden. these were purpose-made targets, This article is by no means Telephone 01747 851515 Facsimile01747 851516 having on the back of one: 'T. comprehensive in history, description

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AIA Liaison Officer J. Clark, Cambridge Morwenna Dissado is now at work l. Gentle, Edinburgh in the AIA office at Leicester. All C.P. Giles, York DOROTHEA general enquiries may be addressed Jonathan Gill, Oxford to her at: AIA Office. School of D.R. Goddard, Witney Archaeological Studies, University of Dr W.L. Gordon, Birmingham RESTORATIONS Jamie Hamilton, Edinburgh Leicester. Leicester LEI 7RH 8 01 1 5 Martin Hargreaves, Corby 252 5337, Fax: 01 1 6 252 5005 LTI) e-mail: [email protected] Peter Jackson, Billingham D. Jamieson, London Incorporating Ernest Hole (Engineers) of Sussex New members C. Lorigan, Reading Dr John Lyons, Walsall The AIA welcomes the followino new Stephen Miles, Taunton CONTMCTORSAND CONSULTANTS IN THE members: G.L. Pallister, Newcastle upon Tyne CO N SERUATION OF HISTORIC MBTALWORK, Dr Robert MACHINERY David Barker, Stoke-on-Trent Roach, Keele AND WINDTWATER MILLS Neil Robertson, Roy Banatt, Burton-on-Trent Sheffield Dr Andrew Ronald, Skene R.S. Baxter, Nevada, U.5.A. Recent contracts include designs for an atmospheric S. Rowson, Cardiff Mrs T. Britnell, Northampton railway, and a replica steam locomotive, restoration of Angela Arthur Brown, Northampton Simco, Bedford 18C lead sculptures, repair and gilding of the Albert Diana V.K. Smith, Kings Lynn M. Brown, Rhoose Memorial bronze decoration, conservation work on Miss J. Wardropper, Shrewsbury Gerry Browner, Dublin, lreland Thrbinia, Lion, Sans Nicola Wray, York Pareil and Locomotion, and even Audrey Bunyan, Stanmore Ann F. Yeates-Langley, Lincoln the restoration of an hvdraulic catafalk! Mr S. & Mrs J. Burman, Yeovil S. Chaplin, London Over 100 man ypaf$ experience

Northern Works: New Road, Whaley Bridge, via Stockport, Following the response generated Cheshire SK23 7JG. Contact: Dave Hodgson by the Editor's QUIZTIME in /A Tel: (01663) 733544 Fax: (01663) 734521 News | 04, readers are invited to try this one. Southern Works: Riverside Business Park, St Annes Road, Dr J. B. Sayer of Worthing has St. Annes Park, Bristol, BS4 4ED. Contactl Wallis sent this photograph of a mug, Geoff Tel: (0117) 9715337 Fax: (01 l7)9771677 which is owned by a friend in Canada. The mug is said to be of Pinxton (Derbyshire) manufacture, and has been dated to four years either side of 1 800, lt appears to be decorated with a view of a mill ADVERTISE IN which, because of the Pinxton IA NEWS origin, is likely to be in the Derby/ Pennine/Peak area. Well, does See page 4 for details anyone recognise it?

OBITUARIES

John A. Severn (1932-1998) areas. His contribution to the lA of those areas was great and he will be sorely missed. John Severn's sudden death on 3 June left Nottinghamshire's industrial Amber Patrick archaeology the poorer. John was a founder member of the Nottinghamshire

lA Society when it was established in 1 976. He was elected to the committee as a technical officer. As an architect, his fort6 was building recording and John Knill (1913-1998) he was soon helping other NIAS members learn the rudiments of recording and drawing. He wrote up his notes on building recording for the N/AS Sir John Knill, Bt, who died on 15 April, was one of key figures in the early

Journal as well as often providing drawings for the recording work moves to restore the Kennet & Avon Canal. From 1 948 until 1 954 he owned undertaken by the society and producing his own articles. He became Vice- a small canal carrying company based on the Grand Union Canal at Rugby, chairman in 1985-6 and then President in 1992. He was always active in and his nanow boats were the last to trade commercially to Newbury on the East Midlands lA conferences organised by NIAS. the Kennet & Av on - Columba canied salt from Cheshire for Newbury laundry John Severn had many interests including transport, in particular trams, in 1950. He campaigned hard to prevent the canal being abandoned by

model making, dovecotes, on which he produced several publications, and Act of Parliament in 1 955, and many years of piecemeal restoration followed churches and chapels in Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands. until the whole length was officially re-opened in 1990. His life on the John was always ready to help whatever the problem. Most of his canals, lohn Knill's Navy - Five years on the Cut, was published recording work was concentrated in Nottinghamshire and the sunounding posthumously in May.

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Welsh museum closure held at Lowell, Massachusetts, USA, Small patches of this richly coloured their competitors next door at King's 12-14 November 1998. Jointly decoration a pale plain Cross. The rivalry between the a'scandal' on against sponsored by the Society for background are indeed striking, but Midland and Great Northern Railway Cardiff MP Rhodri Morgan has called Industrial Archeology, Lowell what would be the effect if a whole Companies in the latter part of the the closure of the Welsh Industrial National Historic Park, and the room were restored? When first nineteenth century is somewhat 'scandal', and Maritime Museum a Historic American Engineering opened, the St Pancras station hotel difficult to understand from just a according The Western Mail, a to Record, the conference will feature a had its critics and there was quite a London perspective. but if one takes newspaper which further labelled it series of commissioned presentations consensus that at least some of the into account railway development in an 'act of vandalism'. News of the by some of the foremost practitioners decoration was garish and vulgar. the rest of Britain and especially that imminent closure of the acclaimed of lA in the United States, Canada and One begins to have a little more around the Erewash Valley near the quite museum in Cardiff broke, Europe. Topics will include critical sympathy for the 'evil despoilers' of Notts/Derbys border (the Great unbelievably, at a social evening in reflections on the past quarter- the 1 950s and 60s who painted over Northern built Bennerley viaduct and museum ostensibly its the marking century of practice, public agencies the then madly-out-of-fashion walls Derby Friargate station around this 21st birthday. The anniversary was and lA, theory and interpretation, and ceilings in order to create a time), things become clear. From marked by publication of a newsletter education and new directions in lA. suitable environment for office work. sharing King's Cross station from the of the Associates of WIMM which, Those attending will be encouraged It takes about six hours' mid 1850s the two companies after setting out the background to to participate in special 'break-out' painstaking work by a skilled became bitter enemies, the main establishment museum, the of the discussion groups to evaluate various conservator to uncover a rectangular issue being the coal trade which the went on to ooint out that it was about issues stemming from the formal sample, a few square inches in area, Midland, with some success, tried to to be closed to allow for presentations. Publication of the of the original decoration. What monopolise. Gilbert Scott had hoped redevelopment. None of the formal papers and commentary from the would be the cost of restoring a that the Midland directors would hold speeches made any congratulatory 'break-outs' is anticipated after the whole room, let alone all the hotel? their board meetings in his new reference to the planned closure, but conference. The conference promises While you are about it why not accommodation at the St Pancras invitees fortunately noticed the report to provoke serious discussion about restore the rest of the Midland hotel but they never would move in the newsletter and were able to the contributions of lA to scholarship Railway and run period trains to from Derby. put questions to the staff and Council and other disciplines and about future match? Robeft Carr members present. The President of prospects for the field. The contact lf the Channel Tunnel rail link is the National Museums and Galleries address for further information is never completed to St Pancras, the Manchester's baby of Wales aftempted to explain that given page. a on the Diary Grade I listed hotel could become An exhibition, 'The Birth of the Baby the secrecy and lack of information problem building. Much of the Modern was due commercial pressure - Manchester and the to for interior decoration of the walls and Station archaeology Computer, 1948-1998', is being held confidentiality. He said that the ceilings was originally done using The best industrial archaeology in Manchester Museum, museum was being forced to leave, at The stencils. Would it be possible to revive London is around and to the north of University of Manchester, from 16 that it required more space anyway, process redecorate the hotel? the two great rival railway stations this to June to 19 September. The digital and that it felt it had to accept Cardiff Who would put up the money and to King's Cross and St Pancras. As revolution began at the university 50 Bay Development Corporation's offer of readers News may what purpose? years ago when Tom Kilburn and site (reputedly in order of lA already forthe f7.5m) Gilbert Scott provided private 5ir George Freddie Williams successfully ran the to maximise resources for the future. know, due to the lack of finance is uncertain the excellent accommodation for the program 'The Baby', the A letter expressing deep concern it now that first on directors of the Midland Rai|way and stored-program at the museum's closure without any intended rapid rail link from the world's first some of these rooms are still in quite agreed plans place Channel Tunnel at Folkestone will be computer. The exhibition is a or funding in for a good state of decoration and well Pancras. advances made in its replacement has been sent on completed all the way to St celebration of a Here expense was A fast line might just be built as far worth visit. little computer technology in the years behalf of the AIA to the Secretary of spared and, situated to the east of as the outskirts of the capital or even since. lt is an exhibition for all people State for Wales. Council are the hotel near the clock tower, the to Stratford in east London. lf Eurostar interested in computers and their particularly concerned that large (literally) Board could look down on history. same new parts of the collections may be put in trains are not to be brought to 5t At the time a store, without public access, or Pancras, the future not only of the exhibition at The Museum of Science 'Futures', offered to museums elsewhere, station and its famous hotel but also and Industry in Manchester, without a timetable for their of all the lA just to the north is very looks at the history as well as the much balance. There is future of leading edge technologies. reinstatement as a national collection in the considerable land for redevelopment, Its launch on 18 June was linked to with full public access. At the time of which aims writing (end of June) a reply is still say for offices, but its value is very the Digital Summer 98, much dependent on completion and awaited but it is anticipated that the the to celebrate nationally AIA will at least be included in the of the rapid rail link from Europe. internationally the 50th anniversary consultation exercise that the Most of the money which has of the birth of the computer and its Scale National Museums and Galleries of been available for the refurbishment significance. The Small St Pancras station hotel has Experimental Machine, nicknamed Wales have now begun, following the of the 'The just considerable media attention the been spent on renovating the outside. Baby' has been rebuilt and is the sections of the exhibition. closure has received within Wales. Inside, apart from essential repairs, one of not a great deal has been done other For information on both exhibitions, There is more on this in the Wales than the uncovering of small patches contact The Manchester Museum, Regional News (page 1 5). of the Victorian decoration on walls University of Manchester, Oxford and ceilings. This exploration of the Road, Manchester M1 3 9PL. t 016'l Whither lA? past by laboriously scraping off the 2752634, orThe Museum ofScience A special conference on the current more recent plain paint has revealed and Industry in Manchester, Liverpool state of practice in the field of some remarkable work which must Road, Manchester M3 4FP. t 016l industrial archaeology and on future have been alarmingly expensive even 832 22M. directions for the discipline is being in Sir George Gilbert Scott's time. St Pancras Spire Photo:RlMCarr

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Landmark in Plymouth Honours Delegates staying for the full Congratulations to John Hume, an programme at this year's annual Honorary Vice-President of the AlA, conference in Devon will be visiting who received an OBE in the New Year Devonport Dockyard and may be Honours for services to historic interested to learn of recent monuments. Formerly at the developments at Crownhill Fort, University of Strathclyde where he completed in 1872 and the largest directed the Scottish lA Survey, he is and least altered of the great ring of now Chief Inspector of Historic 'Palmerston Follies' built around Buildings with Scottish Heritage. Ken Plymouth and the Dockyard, a project Hawley was given an MBE in the of industrial proportions. Crownhill more recent Queen's Birthday Fort was acquired by the Landmark Honours for services to industrial Trust in 1987 and opened to the conservation. He has been involved '1995. public in Self-catering at Wortley Top Forge for over 25 accomodation is offered in the years. his other great achievement is 0fficers' Quarters. Earlier this year, Crownhill Fott Photo: The Landnark frust the Hawley Collection of Sheffield- the world's only working Moncrieff made cutlery and edge tools, now at Disappearing Gun was installed here. Archives Summer Exhibition, goes 0ldham's pre-eminent position in the University of Sheffield, Weighing around 18 tons in total, the back to that era. From Marconi and the textile industry is at last being gun is a 7-inch Armstrong breech- the birth of broadcasting to John well represented in the archive IHBC in Wales loader. Reith locking the door for the last record. Business and workforce A Wales branch of the lnstitute of The Landmark Trust, founded in time in 1932 as the BBC left for records have been completed already, Historic Building Conservation was 1 965, rescues and restores buildings Broadcasting House, the exhibition so the new cataloguing will add the launched on 19 June at Tredegar of historical or architectural looks at what the BBC did here - its essential third element to the Oldham House near Newport. Speakers importance, giving them a new life programmes, technology, the little- Textile Archive, providing a established the specific character- as holiday accommodation. There are known television experiments and its comprehensive and multi-disciplinary istics of Wales architecture, the now over 200 properties, many relationship with its landlord. Visitors resource for wide-ranging study at unique challenges it represents and unusual. There are some industrial can see rare photographs of the BBC many levels. examined initiatives cunently being ones too. In Devon there is also the and a wide range of documents and PaulSillitoe made in its conservation. Old Lighthouse on Lundy lsland, objects, These include the original while across the Tamar in Cornwall lease, in which the IEE asked the BBC is a converted engine house at not to make 'any noise, sound or Danescombe Mine. Elsewhere is an smells' that would travel outside their Italianate railway station in rooms, some beautiful wireless sets Staffordshire, Edale Mill, Derbyshire, of the period, a rare example of John Tangy Mill, Kintyre, Lock Cottage on Logie Baird's'televisor' set, sketch the Worcester & Birmingham Canal plans by John Reith and the IEE's and an ornate Victorian water tower occasionally exasperated in Norfolk, while a property above the correspondence with its unique lronbridge Gorge Museum shop in tenant, The exhibition is at Savoy gfuw6,9"^,".r,,,r the High Street gives unique view Place, central London, from 5 August across to the famous bridge. A until 25 September 1998; entry is Consultants and contractors in the superbly produced handbook (f9.50 free. For further details, contact the incl p&p) is available from The Archives, t 0171 34F.8436. restoration of historic engineering including Landmark Trust, Shottesbrooke, feasibility studies for Heritage Lottery Fund Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 35W. Oldham plans textile and ERDF funding. Recent projects have A f70,985 grant from the Heritage 2[O calling Lottery Fund will enable 0ldham included restoration work on PS. Waverley, a

In 1 923 the BBC, less than a year old, Archives Service to have a nationally Victorian Underground Car, PS Maid of the leased rooms from the lnstitution of imoortant set of textile mill Loch, a scheduled Bascule Bridge, various Electrical Engineers at Savoy Place. architectural plans conserved and Under its dynamic director, John catalogued. Additional funding will wind and watermill work, and a successful Reith, the BBC grew and rented as come from the National Manuscripts HLF/ERDF study for the Scottish Mining much space as the IEE could spare Conservation Trust and from 0ldham Museum. for its studios, offices and performers' Metropolitan Borough Council. The rooms. They even hired rooms next 4,000 drawings by the eminent We can also produce interpretive material, door in Savoy Hill Mansions - today Oldham architects Joseph Stott and the IEE's Savoy Hill House, but then his son George represent some 80 including a new exciting display medium. a residential building still sporting mills built between the 1870s and bomb damage from the Great War. 1930s. No comparable accumulation Please contact us for a brochure or The BBC called their rented home is known to exist. While many plans further information. Savoy Hill, a name that became uniquely reflect Oldham's heyday as synonymous with a unique period in the cotton capital of the world, some 22 Carmyle Avenue Glasgow G32 8HJ broadcasting history. were made for mills much further - - '2LO Calling - the BBC at Savoy afield, for example, in Glasgow and Tel: (0141) 763 0007 Fax: (0141) 763 0583 Place '1923-1932'. the IEE's 1998 Germany.

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Dorothea open day latterly to repair tugs. lt was kept by ordination of initiatives across portwas An open day and reception was held British Watenrvays when the national boundaries. in the at Lowfield Heath Windmill near taken over by the British Transport A full report will appear Gatwick Airport on 26 June to Docks Board in 1962, and later by next issue of lA News. Associated British Ports. The last lohn Crompton celebrate the amalgamation of Ernest occupier was the contractor A.F. Hole & Sons, Millwrights of Sussex, Budge, who brought in a boat too and Dorothea Restorations Ltd. The Peak ropes - Company is now the biggest large for the dock it remained there Rope-making demonstrations for after the firm's demise and at last had specialist restorer of historic visitors have returned to Peak Cavern to be partially craned out! machinery and metalwork in the UK, in Derbyshire, the scene of a busy is believed that Associated with a full-time staff of over 25. It industry for around 200 years from British Ports intend to demolish nrrro Eighty conservation professionals the early eighteenth century. adjoining workshops or warehouses and mill enthusiasts came from as far and use the material to fill in the away as lronbridge to view the mill's Oldest railway restoration, displays of Dorothea's dock. Applications to have the The Middleton Railway is the world's past projects, and an exhibition of buildings and dock listed have been oldest working railway, having been engineering'curiosities and failures' turned down. The dock is between founded by the first Railway Act of dozen the canal and tidal Dutch River. which included a worn-out Sailing at last: the Lov'field Heath Windnill has Derek Baylks Parliament in 1758, and bronze bearings, a'boxing-engine', open day Photo: Dorothea Restorations remained in operation continuously and a bolt with both left and right- until now. Moreover, it was the scene handed threads. Director Geoff Wallis Edwin's 67th of the first commercially successful appeals for any other unwanted Doyen of Hampshire lA and the steam locomotive to operate historic engineering curiosities for the Southampton University lA Group, Dr anywhere in the world, in 1812, when company's growing collection. Edwin Course has organised his 67th a steam locomotive designed by John Lowfield Heath Windmill was and final field tour'lndustrial Blenkinsop and built by Matthew saved from destrcution by volunteers Heritage in the Welsh Valleys', on 28- Munay began the Leeds locomotive and moved its present to site near 3l August 1998. Between 1965 and building industry which flourished Gatwick Zoo in the 1980s (see /A 1998, he has ananged 27 week-long into the 1950s. The railway was the News 98, page 1 5). Dorothea expects tours and, with the 1998 tour, 40 first standard gauge railway to be to comolete reinstatement of the weekends. During this time, trips taken over and operated by millwork to full working order by the have covered England and Wales, volunteers in 1960. Details can be end of August. After launching a new plus sorties into Scotland and obtained from the Middleton Railway millwork brochure and a slideshow Belgium. After such a record, he is Trust, The Station, Moor Road, Leeds of the company's extraordinarily deservedly looking forward to what 1510 2JQ. I 0113 271 0320. varied work, the party gathered will be his last tour weekend. ln case before the mill to watch the sails turn there are still vacancies, he can be power Appealing works! under wind for the first time contacted at 1 8 Craven Road, The Black Country Living Museum's on the present site. The buck of the Anthony Hole demonstrates millstone Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh S053 2HD. appeal for an Avery weighbridge in mill is immovable, but fortunately the dressing in traditional 'fashion' including lA News l04has met with success. wind blew from the conect direction ! mesh goggles! News from TICCIH The Westonzoyland Historic At the very end of June, International Engineering Trust in Somerset had Filling a dock canal, which was extended from Committee on the Conservation of one surplus to requirements and was The dry dock at the former Aire & Knottingley in 1826, to ships which the Industrial Heritage (TlCClH) happy to oblige. Calder Canal repair yard at Goole is came up the Ouse from the Humber. national representatives from to be infilled, after an unsuccesful It was well known for the transfer of Finland, Argentina, Russia and attemDt to have it listed. 0ur coal by hoists from 'Tom Pudding' western Europe met in Barcelona. The attention was drawn to this by Brian container boats which worked in proceedings were held at the Museu Slater, the Railway & Canal Historical trains with a tug: a system developed Nacional de la Ci€ncia y de la Society's regional secretary for North in the 1 860s by the canal's engineer Technica de Catalunya, in a restored East England. William H. Batholomew. woollen mill of 1907/8, and at the The town of Goole grew up as a The dry dock is thought to date Museu de la Historia de Catalunya, port for transferring cargoes from the from the 1 850s or '60s and was used housed in a dockside warehouse. Last year's proposal for individual Anne Jones Booksearch Service membership was discussed. From I 999, new annual subscriptions ($20 'Bryher' Barncoose Terrace US, or f12.00 at today's exchange Redruth, Cornwall TR15 3EP rate). Application forms will be Telephone 01209 211180 circulated, and a web site set up. Other ideas which were A selection of secondhand and out of print books for sale discussed included the exchange of Industrial Archaeology:- Canals, Railways, Bridges, early information on industrial tourist Engineers, Steam and Engineering interest trails, a seminar on industrial heritage Please phone or write for list and education, prizes for the best re- Touchdown. The Avery weighbridge pillar affives at the Black Country Museum's use of industrial buildings, and the Free book search also available Racecouse Colliery after its journey from Details on request success of some European countries Westonzoyland in gaining EU Raphael grants for co- Photo: Stephen Howard

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Short Notices Lands and Lordships in Tameside, by Michael Nevell & John Walker (Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, 1998) 1 1 0pp, 38 ills, ISBN 1 871324

Piers of the North, by Tim Mickleburgh (author, 1998) 44pp, 1 6 ills, f2.00 18 l. tsBN09s1812718. The sixth in a series of studies of the archaeology and history of the A brief review of oiers around the north coastline of Britain anticlockwise Tameside area. This volume chronicles research into the transition from an from Skegness to Menai Bridge, including Scotland and its offshore islands, apparently quiet rural backwater into one of the most active zones in the Northern lreland, the lsle of Man and even the freshwater lakes of the Lake Industrial Revolution. lt analyses the first phase of the transition from a feudal District. Obtainable for f2 inc. p&p from the author, 33 Littlefield Lane, Grimsby to an industrial society. DN31 2AZ. Recording Stockport's Past, by Peter Arrowsmith (Stockport Metropolitan tohn Knill's Navy - Five Years on the Cut by John Knill (author, 1998) Borough Council, 1995) 96pp, 81 ills, ISBN 0 905164 20 2. l44pp, f9.95 |SBN 0 9532897 0 2. This book presents the results of recording undertaken in recent years in Account of John Knill's experiences of commercial carrying on the the Borough of Stockport by archaeologists based at the University of waterways in the post-war period. Published posthumously (see Obituary in Manchester. Much of this work was canied out prior to redevelopment. this issue), obtainable for f9.95 post paid from John Knill & Co, cJo David

Jowett, I 1 Upper Leazes, Stroud, Glos GL5 1 LA. Studies in the History of Civil Engineering, Volume 4: Dams, ed. by Donald C. Jackson (Ashgate Publishing, 1998) 404pp, 183 ills, f80.00 The London Cycle Guide by Nicky Crowther (Haynes Publishing, 1998) rsBN 0 86078 7s3 2. 1$pp,120 ills and 25 maps, f8.99 ISBN 1 85960 320 3. Number four in a series of 12 volumes. Seventeen articles have been Even a book like this has some lA content! Packed with information, it brought together to illustrate the history of dam technology from ancient to was launched in June at Three Mills lsland (where the 1776 tidal mill is open) modern times. Technical issues that underlie differences in various dam designs on Route 7, described as 'more than a tour of East London's industrial history' represent important - at times even critical - components of these articles. and includes Abbey Mills sewage station, the Royal Docks, sugar refineries Some of the articles help illuminate why various human societies have built and breweries. Other routes follow canals, such as the Lee Navigation and dams and how social factors have influenced the process of dam design. Grand Union. Enthusiasts will say there is no better way to explore away from the car. Local Society and other periodicals received Abstracts will appear in lndustrial Archaeology Review.

Books Received The lournal of the Society for lndustrial Archeology, Vol.23, No.2, 1 997 (CBA Industrial Archaeology Review has received the following books for review Archaeology North West North West) No.l1, Vol.2, Part V, Spring/ Summer 1997 (Trafford Metropolitan The Archaeology of Trafford, by Michael Nevell BIAGscope (Newsletter of Berkshire lA Group) 38, Spring 1 998 Borough Council, 1 997) I 54pp, 1 1 0 ills, ISBN 1 870695 25 9. British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography, Vol.1, Nos.'l & 2, April & Among the rich archaeological heritage of Trafford are the Trafford Park October 1 997 industrial estate and the Manchester Ship Canal. These are included in this Context, No.57, March 1998 study of one of the most varied and interesting historic landscapes within the The National Trust Annual Archaeology Review No.5, 1996 North West which has highlighted the borough's continuity with the 1, March 1998 development of the rest of the region and its unique features. NIAS tournallNottinghamshire lA Society), Vol.23, Part The Record (RCHME Newsletter), No.21, Spring 1998 Buildings of Tameside, by Tom Burke & Michael Nevell (Tameside PHEW Newsletter,No.TT, March 1998 Metropolitan Borough Council, 1 996) 1 6l pp, 1 99 ills, ISBN 1 871 424 1 4 9. Scottish lndustrial Heritage Society Bulletin N0.4, June 1998 This volume examines the main types of buildings in Tameside, considering Somerset lndustrial Archaeology Bulletin, No.77, April 1998 form and the factors which have led to particular their historical context, their Suffolk lndustrial Archaeology Society Newsletter, N0.62, April '1998 designs. Evolutionary developments have occurred in many ofthese building Sussex lndustrial Archaeology Society Newsletter, No.98, April 1998 types and the reasons for such changes are also examined. lrevithick lrust Newsletter, Nos. 9-14, April 1996 - February 1998 lndustrial Archaeology - Principles and Practice, by Marilyn Palmer and Peter Neaverson (Routledge, 1998) 208pp, 131 ills, f25.00 paperback rsBN 0 415 16769 8. Does archaeological investigation help us to understand industrial society? This book sets out a coherent methodology for the discipline which expands on and extends beyond the purely functional analysis of industrial landscapes, stuctures and artefacts to a broader consideration of their cultural meaning and value. lndustrial Archaeologyprovides an indispensable and up-to-date guide for undergraduates and postgraduates in archaeology and heritage management, and is an essential handbook for those working in planning departments, and contract archaeologists.

The lndustrial History of the Borough of Elmbridge, by Peter Tarplee

(Surrey Industrial History Group, 1 998) 57pp, 70 ills, f6.95 |SBN 0952391 864. An updated version of the 1987 book bythe late Rowland G.M. Baker. The book attempts to describe the history of the main industrial work within the borough as well as related items of interest which may not be recorded elsewhere. Early Surueying at Levant Mine, Comwall. Cover illustration for Industrial Archaeology - Princioles and Practice. Photo: Royal lnstitution of Comwall

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North West England was taken to Jarrow on the south Tyne 1935 for The good news in February'1997 that bank of the in feature The Stockport council had been successful breaking-up. A in (29 1998) drew in their bid for lottery funds for the Guardian January attention to a house in Southport, Stockport Hatting Museum was soon Lancashire. where fie walls of its hall, followed by bad news forthe industry dining room and sitting room were itselt when Chrisg of Stockport, the panelling from the last hatmakers, announced the lined with Olympic. These had been bought by closure of their Hillgate Works. The one Mae Bamber, a former mayor of old company had been on the Hillgate Southport, and were installed in her site since 1820, and their work was home by a team of 12 workmen who described by Penny McKnight in /A year job. News 105. Manchester Region took over a to complete the There are even bigger remains Industrial Archaeology Society now of Olynpic be found in see a detailed survey of the site as tE to Northumberland. In Alnwick, seat of an urgent necessity. Available'free' is a nicely Speke Airport Photo: Speke & Garston Development Co. the Dukes of Northumberland, there White presented, well illustrated booklet /n is a fine coaching inn, the Swan. lt is a major venue for social Brindley's Footsteps. This is a self- which became a small port and within resources of time, energy and events and there are few better public guided l4-mile walk taking in the manufacturing town later annexed to finance. Hopefully, the listed airport rooms than the Olympic, with its sites and scenes of Salford, Trafford Liverpool. As a result ofthe St Helens building will be preserved as a hotel splendid panelling and dance floor and Wigan's great industrial past. For Canal & Railway Company building or for other uses. The more recently which came form the liner. Your those of us not fit enough to cope a dock and railway system, for the abandoned Bryant & May correspondent has played his clarinet with a walk of this magnitude, it has export of domestic coal to lreland, the matchworks is being adapted to serve in bands there. been divided into nine stages, area became a magnet for a range of a variety of industrial and commercial Haltwhistle, west allowing you to cover the route in industries including copper works, purposes. The Docks are holding their In Northumberland, other remains are sections, The booklet has been shipbuilding, tannery, Wilsons bobbin own, and the one surviving industry, found in a completely different written by Royston Futter, Project works (the largest in the world), the Garston Tannery, struggles on. setting, the paint factory owned by Coordinator Steam, Coal and Canal, Francis Morton lron Works, exporting A lottery bid submitted last year, Akzo Nobel, but still known to many which is an imaginative project that metal buildings across the world and for the construction of a new glass older locals as the Hadrian Paint aims to celebrate the importance of supplying the iron work for the museum and visitor centre in St works. John Smith founded a varnish the Bridgewater Canal, corridor to the Liverpool Overhead Raihay, Sugar Helens, celebrating the contribution works in Haltwhistle in 1850. lt was UK's industrial heritage by creating works, bottle works, metal and made by Pilkington Glass, established a successful enterprise and by the end the first Linear lndustrial Park. All chemical industries could all be found 1825, to the growth of the town, has of the century was making a range enquiries should be made to Royston in Garston. which also became the now been successful. The centre will of products, including high quality Futter, 1 a Chapel Place, Daveyhulme, major import centre for the banana be on the north bank of the canal, enamel. In 1921 Smith merged with Urmston, Manchester M41 7LE. trade. Current economic incorporating the site ofthe old Cone a Newcastle firm, Hayle Robson and Please send a SAE for a copy of the development is set to erase many of House and linked to it by a new Barnett & Co. Ltd. (HRB), makers of booklet. the last remnants of this once proud bridge. dry colours and paints; for a while the The work of the Wet Earth industrial scene. The Anderton Boat Lift Trust has firm prospered. However, by 1 929 the Colliery Group, last mentioned in this 0n the River Mersey, lie the still submitted plans for a new Visitor economic climate had turned harsh, cofumn in 'f 994 (lA News 89), surviving Garston Docks, and the old Centre to Vale Borough Council, and and the closure of the Haltwhistle continues. The group's original aim Liverpool Speke Airport. Much of the also awaits a decision on its works was proposed. The Smith was to trace James Brindley's tailrace former dock land which once application for Heritage Lottery family decided to break with HRB and at Clifton, near Manchester. Six years accommodated 93 miles of railway Funding to restore the lift. lt is hoped to set up a new factory in Haltwhistle, after tracing the route, the group are sidings and storage, is no longer the new centre will generate revenue a very brave decision in a town where still clearing out silt and colliery required and the former Northern towards the ongoing maintenace cost unemployment stood at 43%. The waste. Visitors should now be able Airfield has been vacated since Speke of the lift. Smiths invited T.T. Walton, sales to follow the water course from the Airport moved to the new runway site A River Weaver Navigation director of HRB to join them. And so wheelchamber back to the River further upstream. These two Society is being formed by members the firm of Smith and Walton, and lrwell. According to Alan Davies, one considerable areas of vacant land, of IWA's Chester District Branch. The eventually the Hadrian Paint Works of the original explorers, the most together with several other Society's object is to preserve and came into being. striking aspect of the tailrace has discontinued industrial sites have led improve the Weaver for navigation The construction of the factory is been its tortuous route from the to the formation of Speke & Garston between Winsford and the a tale of ingenuity and vigour. Land wheelchamber, which is very Partnership and the Speke & Garston Manchester Ship Canal. Details from was bought from Haltwhistle Rural surprising if it is the work of the Development Company, to develop the Chairman Ron Evans, 3 Beech District Council at a cost of f66 per genius hydraulic engineer. This very vacant land for industrial and View Road, Kingsley, Warrington. acre. The factory was put up entirely interesting site is well worth a visit. commercial use. The effect of all this t 01925 788753. by employees of the old varnish The Wet Earth Colliery Exploration activity, in lA terms, is that much has Edwina Alcock Group can be contacted via Alan disappeared and much more will work and unemployed coal miners. The structural steel was bought as Davies at the Lancashire Mining disappear and drastically change. The Northern England bankrupt stock from Spencers of Museum, ( 0161 736 1832. The group Merseyside Industrial History Society Interest in maritime archaeology was Newburn, the firm which in 1904 had meets every Saturday at Clifton and the Garston & District Historical given a great boost this year by the made plates for the 55 Mauretania. Country Park. Society have been working for many lilm' Titani( . This tragic vessel had a The roof was bought from the North Garston was originally an years to record endangered features, sister ship, the )lympic, launched in East Exhibition on the Town Moor in agricultural and fishing village, and this activity has now been 1910. After 22 years of service, Newcastle, where the Turbinia had upstream of the Port of Liverpool, stepped up as much as possible, crossing the Atlantic 500 times, she

14 INDUSTR,ALARCHAEoLoGYNEwS 106 REGIONAL NEWS been one of the star attractions. The Level. lt ran for 5 miles from Alston for rolling glass for use in railway Museums and Galleries of Wales to offices, works canteen and toilets southwards to Nenthead and was stations, market halls and promote a new facility within the bay were bought at the auction of the planned by the Commissioners of greenhouses. In more recent years its development. This has variously remains of the Olynpic. Your Greenwich Hospital to explore and reputation was based on high-quality involved an lmax movie theatre, an correspondent recalls with much drain the orefield. Work was begun stained glass - the restored Rose underwater museum to study the pleasure being shown, in 1965, the in '1776 under John Smeaton's Window at York Minster is a fine local marine life, and a centre to sale catalogue by Mr Douglas Smith, supervision, and continued for 50 example. That this kind of product interpret the undoubted former great grandson of John Smith, years. Plans were recently unveiled will continue to be made, as part of significance of Cardiff Docks itself. founder of the varnish works. in Alston to re-open part of the level the University of Sunderland's Despite repeated attempts, which are The first sod was cut on Boxing and to re-introduce boat trips along National Glass Centre, is gratifying. still ongoing, none of these schemes Day 1930, and by June 1931 the first it. Once again, hopeful eyes are raised That this handful of craftsmen is all has attracted enough funding to go varnish was produced. The firm towards the National Lottery and to that is left of a once-great regional ahead, and meanwhile the old WIMM survived the Depression. During the Brussels for funds. industry, is sad. has been in terminal decline. Second World War, under State The glass industry of the North Fred Brook This decline culminated in its direction, it produced camouflage East almost disappeared in 1997. lt closure at the end of May. The steam paints. Post-war, it engaged in a was saved by the combined efforts engines are to be removed, the number of mergers, especially with of the Wearside Training and Wales building torn down and the site foreign firms in order to promote Enterprise Council and the University The event which has recently caught redeveloped for shops. lts collections, exports. In I 961 it was taken over by of Sunderland. They provided a home the headlines in Wales has been the which are of significant Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd, which for the handful of glassmakers from closure of the Welsh Industrial & archaeological and historical value, group in its turn was taken over by the firm of Hartley Wood, which Maritime Museum (WIMM)in Cardiff. are to be housed in a disused factory Reed Paoer Industries in 'l 965. closed in the autumn of that year. The Anyone who might have visited the unit near Cardiff and the National Cunently it is part of the Akzo Nobel glasmaking industry on Wearside is musuem of the last few years will Museum is promoting the idea of a organisation. The factory, a credit to very old, going back to the seventh have noticed that things have been new'Gateway' msueum on another the commitment of the Smith family century and cited by that famous getting more than a little run down, site in Cardiff Bay, as an introduction to the people and town of North East writer, Saint Bede. In the in ever more stark contrast to the to Wales as the 'World's first Haltwhistle, can be viewed in total 1820s. the North East accounted for huge levels of investment being industrial nation'. from the old viaduct over the South two-fifths of English glass production, ploughed into the area around the It is hard not to be critical of the Tyne, built in 1852 to take a branch and Sunderland at one time museum within the Cardiff Bay National Museum regarding this from the Newcastle & Carlisle employed over 1,000 glass blowers. Development. saga, particularly concerning the lack Railway to Alston and the lead mines. The firm of Hartley Wood (visited This period of a lack of of investment in the museum over the One of the major works of during the AIA's 1997 conference) investment in the museum has years. The building was originally engineering in the lead-mining area was one of the region's leaders. In coincided with various, and ever less constructed around a number of large of Alston Moor was the Nentforce 1847,iI pioneered a cheap process spectacular, attempts by the National engines, which once a week or so were steamed. Although additions were planned, their failure to materialise left a faciltity largely REGIONAT CORRESPONDENTS dedicated to steam engines. As such this might have been fine in itself, Please support your Regional Correspondent by sending relevant material which may be of interest to our readers. however. for a National Museum dedicated to all the various aspects Region l: SCOTLAND Region 6: WALES Region 10: GREATER LONDON of Welsh Industry, the building's Trem-y- Dr R.J.M. Can,127 Drive, Dr Miles Oglethorpe, Royal Stephen Grenter, 16 Ffordd Queen's almost sole concentration on large Foel, Parc Bryn Coch, Mold, Clwyd London N4 2BB Commission on the Ancient and permanent static displays removed Historical Monuments of Scotland, CH7 1 NG Region 11: HOME COUNIIES both the space and the flexibility, John Sinclair House, 16 Bernard Region 7: WEST MIDLANDS 1xfordshire, Bedfordshire, Berkhire, gNX which are essential for such a Tenace, Edinburgh EH8 ps Buckinghanshire and Hertfordsh ire S h ro h i re, Staffordsh i re, West muSeum. Midlands. Warwickshire, Hereford and Phil Monis, 71 Van Diemans Road, Region 2: IRELAND Having now closed the museum Stanford in the Vale, Oxon, SN7 8HW Michael Coulter, Department of Worcester and sold the site, the National Environment, Historic Monuments and John Powell, lronbridge Gorge Region 12: SOUTH EASI Museum has embarked on a Buildings, 5-33 Hill Street Belfast 1 Museum Trust The Wharfage, ENGTAND exercise regarding its lronbridge, Telford, Shropshire consultation Region 3: NORTHERN ENGLAND Hampshire and lsle of Wighl Suney, TF8 7AW future plans for its industrial Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Sussex and Kent collections and for its proposed Wear, Durham and Cleveland Region 8: EASI MIDLANDS Chris Shepheard, Rose Cottage, 22 'Gateway' museum. Amongst other Fred Brook, Hartland, Redburn, De rby s h i re, N otti ngha msh i re, Ridgeway Hill Road, Farnham, Suney changes signalled in the document is Hexham. Northumberland NE47 7EA Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and GUg 8LS policy to favour Nofthamptonshire a shift in collectiing Region 4: YORKSHIRE AND Region 13: WEST OF ENGLAND David Lyne, 10 Somerville Road, twentieth and twentyfirst-century HUMBERSIDE So me rset, Avo n, G I oucestersh i re, Leicester LE3 2ET items, the advocation of a central North, South and West Yorkhire, and Wiltshire and Dorset Collections Centre and an aspiration Humberside Region 9: EAST ANGIIA Mike Bone, Sunnyside, Avon Close, to 'show industry in its most natural Derek Bayliss, 30 Muskoka Avenue, Cambridgeshire, Notfolk, Suffolk and Keynsham, Bristol BSl8 1LQ context'. Many of the proposals are Bents Green. Sheffield Sl 1 7RL Essex Region 14: SOUTH WEST go some David Alderton, 48 Quay Street to be welcomed and will Region 5: NORTH WEST ENGTAND Halesworth. Suffolk lPl9 8EY way to providing the people of Wales ENGLAND Devon and Cornwall with appropriate facilities. Let us i G reater VACANT Lancash re, M eoeys ide, hope that this time they are Manchester and Cheshire successful in their realisation. Mrs Edwina Alcock, 5 Friars Walk, Stephen Grenter Formby, Merseyside |j]7 4EU

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23-26 August 1998 1O-13 September 1998 10 October 1998 12-14 November 1998 STEAM AI\ID WATER IN THE INTERNATIONAL EARTY SECOND WATERWAYS WHITHER INDUSTRIAT WEST COUNTRY RAITWAYS CONFERENCE HISTORY CONFERENCE ARCHEOTOGY at Dillington House, llminster, course at 5t John's College, Durham. at Birmingham Central Library, to at Lowell National Historic Park, with visits and lectures on canals, Sponsored by Beamish Museum, The build on last year's successful Massachusetts, on the current state drainage, pumping, nuclear power Newcomen Society, The Locomotion conference in Manchester. Details and future directions for lA. For and railways, mainly in Somerset. For Trust and the Institute of railway from Tony Conder, National information, contact Gray Fitsimons, details, contact Denise Borer, Studies. Enquiries to NEEHI (Railway Waterways Museum, Llanthony Park Hisatorian, Lowell National Dillington House, llminster, Somerset Conference), Department of History, Warehouse, Gloucester Docks, Historic Park, 67 Kirk Street, Lowell, TA19 gDT. 7 01460 52427. 43 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3EX. Gloucester GL1 2EH. MA,01852-1029, USA.

t 0191 3742013, 8 01452 318054. 8 97 8-27 5-1 7 24, F ax 97 8-27 5-11 62 2-3 September 1998 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail gray_f itzsimons@nps. gov. CORNWATL WITH THE AIA 17 October 1998 at Camborne School of Mines, an 11-13 September 1998 EMIAC 56 HERE FOR THE opportunity to spend two extra days CULTURAT HERITAGE OF THE BEER even further west before the AIA INDUSTRIAT PERIOD at the Bass Museum, Burton upon lnfomation for the dliaty slwrld fu ssrt Conference. For details, send SAE to at Stockholm and Norrkoping, Trent, East Midlands lA Conference ditrdy to he Edi/rlt I wn 6 it k ffi Paul Saulter, 1 0 Coach Lane, Redruth, Sweden, international seminar on the with lectures on brewing in Burton, abh. Dates of nnilitg and la;t datrs fd Cornwall TRl5 2TP. cultural heritage of the industrial its Victorian heritage and the role of rmiptof W ae givenMmfl. lhns period. For information, contact Inger railways in beer distribution, and field will rwmlly in suusive islrrc 4-11 September 1998 ryar Jonsson, Head of Research visits. Details from David Fletcher, uptodnhteof ilp mnt. Ptear-en- AIA ANNUAT CONFERENCE Department, Museum Work, 141 Road, upon Trent, ate ff wish 1998 of Ashby Burton stre debik ftnt in W W Laxholmen, 5-602 21 Norrkciping, Staffordshire DEl5 0LQ. ettsttto afuilrid. at Seale Hayne Agricultural College, h Sweden. 8 +46 11 189800 near Newton Abbot, Devon. Friday 22-24 Odober 1998 Fax +46 11 182290 seminar and weekend conference BRITISH SHIPBUILDING e-mail: [email protected] followed by programme of field visits CONFERENCE and evening lectures. Booking forms 3 October 1998 at Clydeside, with two days of visits and information papers, from David Alderton, COMMERCIAL VEHICLE followed by conference AIAti, oj 48 Quay Street, Halesworth, Suffolk HISTORY DAY SCHOOL hosted by the Newcomen Society. '4rn, ^^,.1ttsr' tPl9 8EY. at the Museum of Science and Details from the Newcomen Society, Industry in Manchester, on the history The Science Museum, London SW7 8-10 September 1998 INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOTOGY NEWS and development of commercial road 2DD. TICCIH II LATIN AMERICAN (formerly AIA Bulletin ISSN 0309-0051) transport in Britain. Information from CONFERENCE 24 October 1998 tsSN 1354-1455 Bernard Champness, The Museum of in Havana, Cuba, on rescue, NORTH WEST IA Science and Industry in Manchester, Editor: Dr Peter stanier Dreservation and re-use of the CONFERENCE Liverpool Road, Castlefield, industrial heritage. Registration: at Merseyside Maritime Museum, the Manchester M3 4FP. Published by the Association for lndustrial Consejo Nacional Patrimonio de de 22nd NWIAC, hosted by Merseyside Archaeology. Contributions should be sent Cuba, Calle 4, No.8-10, El Vedado, Industrial History Society. Details to the Editor, Dr Peter Stanier, 49 Breach Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. from Kevin Wilde, 82 Bishopsgate Lane, Shaftesbury, Dorcet SP7 9LF. News t 53-7-341930, Fax 53-7-662105. Street, Liverpool Ll 5 1EW. and press releases may be sent to the 8 0151 733',t869. Editor or the appropriate AIA Regional Correspondents. The Editor may be telephoned on 01747 854707.

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