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Brian H	24/07/2016 16:13:42
2312 forum posts 112 photos	Went to Kelham Island museum in Sheffield for a 1940's event and saw the huge engine being run, and almost instantly reversed. Very impressive.
Michael Gilligan	24/07/2016 16:21:22
23121 forum posts 1360 photos	Amazing machine
Brian H	24/07/2016 18:17:06
2312 forum posts 112 photos	Indeed Michael. The post was supposed to be in "what have you done today". Sorry
Ian S C	25/07/2016 13:26:08
7468 forum posts 230 photos	Saw it in 1984 when I stayed with some of mums ex RAF, WAAF friends for a week or so, spent a number of hours over two or three visits to Kalham Island. Aparently it was used first to roll armor plate for Battle Ships, then the stainless steel shell for nuclear reactors. Ian S C
JasonB	25/07/2016 13:34:57
25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles	Certainly an impressive engioen buty the looks of it in this video And if anyone is tempted to model it this is a very nice model of another rolling mill engine. If you have the afternoon spare then its worth looking at the rest of Gil's (RedRyder) videos of his model engine collection.
Dennis WA	25/07/2016 13:46:52
79 forum posts 5 photos	What was the bridal party doing in the River Don video?
JasonB	25/07/2016 13:50:54
25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles	Posted by Dennis WA on 25/07/2016 13:46:52: What was the bridal party doing in the River Don video? Looks like they were watching the engine Museum is also a wedding venue
daveb	25/07/2016 16:03:22
631 forum posts 14 photos	This reminded me of a school visit to Ford at Dagenham in the 50s. They had a foundry and rolling mill on site, I doubt they would allow school children in such a place now, interesting visit though. Dave

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