2011

NZ2254 : The Great Shed, Pockerley Waggonway, Beamish Museum

taken 15 years ago, near to Beamish, County Durham, England

The Great Shed, Pockerley Waggonway, Beamish Museum
The Great Shed, Pockerley Waggonway, Beamish Museum
The Great Shed is based on a former building of Timothy Hackworth's works at Shildon LinkExternal link
The doors shelter two working replica steam engines, specially built for the museum: the 'Steam Elephant' on the left, and 'Locomotion' on the right.
Beamish Museum

Beamish Museum is an open-air museum located at Beamish, near the town of Stanley in County Durham. The museum's guiding principle is to preserve an example of everyday life in urban and rural North-East England at the climax of industrialisation in the early 20th century.

Wikipedia: LinkExternal link
Museum website: LinkExternal link


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NZ2254, 197 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Andrew Curtis   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 1 July, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 2 July, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 2211 5436 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:53.0105N 1:39.4138W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NZ 2215 5435
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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