Sunderland Museum

Section of mooring rope, 3 ft circumference, made in 1951 by British Ropes of Roker for Barcelona Harbour

Model of Doxford turret ship Queda

Model of Doxford diesel engine, c.1924

Model of 'Empire Liberty'. The ship was built in Sunderland in 1941 by J. L. Thompson and Sons

Oil lamp and optics from the Sunderland South Pier lighthouse, built by Thomas Meik in 1856. The lighthouse, having a wrought iron skin on a cast iron frame, was moved to Cliff Park, Roker, in 1982

Model of coal-handling collier. See detail below

Clamp for splicing heavy duty ropes

Model marine boiler

Large Brown's Slide Rule for marine engineers

Model anchors

Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, in Burdon Road, Sunderland

A welcoming museum in the centre of Sunderland, providing a good reminder of Sunderland's vanished traditional industries. This is important, given that that strenuous efforts have been made in the city to eliminate tangible traces of those industries which made Sunderland famous.

Museum website

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