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.

Some of our exhibitors

The Britannia Coco-nut Dancers			http://www.coconutters.co.uk/
Ellenroad Radio Club			http://www.ellenroadradioclub.org.uk
North West Meccano Guild			http://www.nwmg.org/
Rochdale Photographic Society			http://www.rochdaleps.org.uk/

Other interesting sites

For more on steam engines, see			Wikipedia, The Old Engine House
Some other steam museums			Bancroft Mill, Bolton Steam Museum., Helmshore Mills, Queen Street Mill, Westonzoyland Pumping Station
Textile mills and engines			http://www.geograph.org.uk/gallery/textile_mill_engines_9920/1
Robin Sharples - mills in oil and watercolour			http://www.robinsharples.co.uk/
Learn about Milnrow			http://www.milnrow.co.uk/
RDG Tools			http://www.rdgtools.co.uk/
An unfortunate incident			http://clogiron.stumbleupon.com/review/6490145/
The Museum of Making			http://www.museumofmaking.org/

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: