Ellenroad Steam Museum

Our supporters

Victoria and Alexandra, the world’s largest cotton mill steam engines, are maintained and operated by The Ellenroad Trust in partnership with Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. Other supporters are:

CPL Industries
Dunphy Combustion
Sun Chemical
The National Heritage Memorial Fund

Other interesting sites

Some video clips of Ellenroad		Ellenroad on YouTube
For more on steam engines, see		Wikipedia The Old Engine House.
Learn about Milnrow		http://www.milnrow.co.uk/
Learn about Shaw via photos, webcams and TV		http://www.shawcam.co.uk/ http://www.shawlive.tv/ http://www.sunsetonthedawn.co.uk/
An unfortunate incident		http://clogiron.stumbleupon.com/review/6490145/
The Museum of Making		http://www.museumofmaking.org/
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Did you know...

...that the stability of steam governors was first investigated by scientist James Clerk Maxwell in 1868? You can see his famous paper here: