Bridewell Museum, Norwich: Difference between revisions

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Bridewell Alley, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1AQ.

Before closing for refurbishment in 2009, this small museum had an excellent display of interesting machinery, including stationary steam engines and machine tools (including local clockmaker Johnson Jex's historically important all-metal lathe from c.1820).

The museum reopened in July 2012, and has a fascinating collection of items, although a number of interesting machines have, for some reason, been removed. These include the Johnson Jex lathe, a lathe by Edward Hines, and an interesting marine steam engine with wooden connecting rods.

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 Bridewell Alley, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1AQ.
-* Before closing for refurbishment in 2009, this small museum had an excellent display of interesting machinery, including stationary steam engines and machine tools (including a historically important all-metal lathe from c.1820).
+* Before closing for refurbishment in 2009, this small museum had an excellent display of interesting machinery, including stationary steam engines and machine tools (including local clockmaker Johnson Jex's historically important all-metal lathe from c.1820).
-* The museum reopened in July 2012, and appears to have a fascinating collection of items, although it has not been established how many of the old machines have been retained on display.
+* The museum reopened in July 2012, and has a fascinating collection of items, although a number of interesting machines have, for some reason, been removed. These include the Johnson Jex lathe, a lathe by Edward Hines, and an interesting marine steam engine with wooden connecting rods.
 * [http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Visit_Us/Bridewell_Museum/index.htm Museum website.]
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