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Working model of a steam engine!


Highfield Campus



Building: 42 | SUSU

Room: Level 3, Study Space

Age suitable for:
  • All ages


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Step back in time and marvel at the engineering prowess of the Victorian era with The Brickworks Museum!

Watch and learn how the fly wheel and piston in our model, now powered by compressed air, were fundamental to fuelling the industrial revolution.

Discover how machines of the Victorian era at the Brickworks were able to produce more than 20,000 thousands of bricks a day!