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Land of Oak & Iron, an area rich in industrial, natural and cultural heritage in the North East of England and the name of a local landscape partnership. Land of Oak & Iron are also one of the members of the Industrial Heritage Network North East (IHNNE) who hosted our second network meeting yesterday.
New colleagues, in depth discussions and great insights together with glorious sunshine and delicious pasties – the inaugural meeting of the Industrial Heritage Network Cornwall & Devon (IHNCD) was a great day, and a brilliant start to a new network!
Brilliant venue, interesting discussions and many happy faces – it was a great day yesterday at the Museum of Bath at Work!
Industrial Heritage Network South West (IHNSW) is one of the 10 regional networks currently in development across England.
In the summer of 2018, Bath & North East Somerset council (B&NES) provided funding to dewater the upstream watercourses of Saltford Brass Mill (member of the Industrial Heritage Network South West) to enable inspection of the normally flooded structures and repair a penstock gate which had been deteriorating over a number of years. This was an opportune time as B&NES had recently acquired a laser scanning capability for the survey of structures in the city of Bath which they were able to deploy at Saltford. One of the Saltford Brass Mill Project (SBMP) volunteers also had access to an aerial drone capability, which combined with the laser-scan enabled a thorough survey of the mill to be conducted.
The upstream watercourses had not been dewatered in many years. This opportunity therefore enabled a full survey of the watercourses to be conducted and accurate measurements to be taken of the mill, both above and below ground, by a combination of conventional surveying, laser-scan and aerial scan by drone. An accurate 2D plan of the mill has been produced, drawing upon the 3D point-cloud model of the mill produced by the laser scan. Much potential exists for further analysis of the point-cloud model of the mill.
A report on the survey and repair is available on the SBMP website: http://brassmill.com/saltford_brass_mill_021.htm
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings is holding an open day on Friday the 22nd February between 10am and 4pm.
This is a fantastic opportunity to see this stunning building as it is being renovated and brought back to life.
Click here for more information about the day.
Museum of Cannock Chase, member of the Industrial Heritage Network West Midlands (IHNWM), still has some free spaces for their Experimental Archaeology – Taster Session on Thursday the 7th March at 7pm.
Find out more here!
Steamship Freshspring Society are currently recruiting for some exciting volunteer roles to assist with operations at the unique, listed ship, SS Freshspring.
Find out more and join the team!
Do you deliver STEM/STEAM activities?
The Union Chain Bridge project is proposing to hold an Industrial Heritage-themed STEM Conference and want to hear your views!
One of the members of the Industrial Heritage Network North East (IHNNE) – the Union Chain Bridge – is reaching out to the wider industrial heritage sector to collate views on a new, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) Conference.
It was a grey and wet Tuesday last week, but that did not stop members of the Industrial Heritage Network West Midlands (IHNWM) to travel from across the region and meet at the Birmingham Museum Collection Centre for the network’s bi-annual get together.
On the 6th November, many of the North East industrial heritage sites and organisations have taken their first step to create a robust network of support for their region. The first meeting of the new Industrial Heritage Network North East (IHNNE) took place at the North East Land, Sea and Air Museum (NELSAM) in Sunderland.
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