Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,675 pages of information and 247,074 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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This was a small maritime museum in a 15th century wool warehouse close to the waterfront. Exhibits included an 1879 [[John Penn and Sons]] oscillating steam engine from the paddle steamer PS Empress.  
This was a small maritime museum in a 15th century wool warehouse close to the waterfront. Exhibits included an 1879 [[John Penn and Sons]] oscillating steam engine from the paddle steamer PS Empress. This, and the ship's steam steering engine, are now on display at the [[Internal Fire Museum of Power]] in West Wales.


The museum has been replaced by the SeaCity Museum, but it is not clear what artefacts are on display.
The museum has been replaced by the SeaCity Museum, but it is not clear what artefacts are on display.

Latest revision as of 09:31, 19 November 2019

This was a small maritime museum in a 15th century wool warehouse close to the waterfront. Exhibits included an 1879 John Penn and Sons oscillating steam engine from the paddle steamer PS Empress. This, and the ship's steam steering engine, are now on display at the Internal Fire Museum of Power in West Wales.

The museum has been replaced by the SeaCity Museum, but it is not clear what artefacts are on display.

SeaCity Museum website