Engineering History at Summerlee

The Engineering Pavilion at Summerlee Museum of Scottish Industrial Life displays some of our collection of historic machine tools, boilers and other artefacts. Entry is free of charge.

Friday, 1 May 2020

A New Home

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We have launched a new website for our museum collections at https://www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/ As a result we are migrating the content...
Friday, 20 February 2015

The Cornish Engine at Prestongrange: a Summerlee Connection

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A recent donation to Summerlee Museum has thrown up some intriguing information about the preserved Cornish beam engine at Prestongrange Mus...
Wednesday, 25 September 2013

A Long Boring Story: the Kearns Milling Machine

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Engineering machine tools often had very long working lives and were passed from firm to firm, their provenance becoming more vague and s...
Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Doors Open Days at Summerlee

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This year for the first time we are opening up the Industrial History Store at Summerlee for a behind the scenes peek at some of our collec...
Tuesday, 4 September 2012

Recognising Scotland's Engineering Heritage

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For much of the 19 th century and early 20 th century Scotland were world leaders in engineering; producing a vast array of machinery, t...

Early Boiler

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This very simple cast iron boiler for heating water was installed in the church of St Andrew in the Square, Glasgow . © Crown Copy...

Butt Strap Drilling Machine

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During the 1800s the steam pressure needed by steam engines got higher and higher. This meant that the outside of the boiler (called the ‘b...
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