Engineering Excellence looks at a mix of telecoms, power, industrial
working museums and evolving architecture in all its wonderful
diversity.
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Telecoms at
Bletchley Park |
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Telecoms at
Bletchley Park
Seek out the wartime activities
of code breaking and the more recent times of the Post
Office Training Centre.
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Bankside |
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Bankside
Tales of the riverbank in London, including Bankside Power
Station, Tate Modern and the Millennium Bridge.
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Amberley Working Museum |
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Amberley Working Museum
Amberley Museum is located in the tranquil and picturesque
setting of a former chalk pit, with easy road and rail
access making it an ideal place for a family day out.
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Evolving
Architecture |
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Evolving Architecture looks at the designs and materials of
buildings both old and new.
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Miscellaneous Links |
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The Forth Bridges
- This site details the Forth road and rail bridges, both of
which were engineering achievements of their time.
The Rail
Bridge, opened 4th March 1890
The Road Bridge, opened 4th
September 1964
The Humber Bridge -
Opened 17th July 1981
James Nasmyth - Mechanical Engineer who produced many
innovative solutions to engineering problems. Inventor of
the steam-hammer pile-driver; flexible drive system
(dentist's drill) and numerous machine tools and practices.
Nikola Tesla - developer of the a.c. motor and high
voltage power transmission systems.
Cold War Research
Study Group - secret underground bunkers.
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