Norfolk IAS – Ben Burgess and Company
Talk by Ben Turner. Ben Burgess and Company was founded in 1931 and has continued to grow as perhaps the most successful for an agricultural engineering company in Norfolk. Meet…
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Cambridge IAG – Industrial Odyssey in Greece
Cambridge Industrial Archaeology Group presents a multimedia exploration of industry in Hellas, with: Dr Anastasia Christophilopoulou (Fitzwilliam Museum) Dr Gordon Davies (Cambridge Museum of Technology) Dr Michael Loy (Cambridge University…
L T C Rolt: Life, Work, Legacy
Ironbridge Conference Booking is now open for a major conference at Ironbridge looking at the life, work, and legacy of L T C Rolt L T C Rolt, also known…
EERIAC – East of England Regional Industrial Archaeology Conference
EERIAC 2024 – Programme 09:30 Set up of displays by NIAS and others 10:00 Registration, tea and coffee 10:20 Welcome by Philip Tolley, NIAS Chairman. Notices/programme for the day 10:30…
Hampshire IAS – Pirelli General Cable Works
The date was January 20, 1914, when Italian manufacturer Pirelli signed the contract to open a factory in the UK choosing Southampton as its UK headquarters. A key player for…
Hampshire IAS – Victorian Southampton in the Age of Steam, Ships, and Slums
We find ourselves in the incredible nineteenth-century, a time when Southampton expanded at a rate of knots. New railways, docks and suburbs changed the town forever. Join us for this…
Hampshire IAS – Members’ Evening
Join us to hear more about our members activities over the last 12 months. More information to follow nearer the time. Visitors Welcome. Free Car Parking is available, but there…
Hampshire IAS – Whitchurch Silk Mill – Hampshire
Whitchurch mill was built in 1813-15 as a water-powered sawmill and furniture factory by William Hayter, ironfounder, brushmaker, dealer and chapman and converted to a silk mill in 1817-19 by…
Hampshire IAS – Gosport’s Unknown Engineer
Vic Hutfield was a pioneer in the fields of motorcars, motorcycles and aeroplanes, he was born in Gosport, Hampshire, in May 1887. Vic’s greatest achievements must be constructing aircraft, as…
Hampshire IAS – Boscombe Down Aviation Collection
The Boscombe Down Aviation Collection (BDAC) was formally opened in April 1999 at Boscombe Down but was moved to Old Sarum Airfield and opened to the public in July 2012. The…