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Title: | Newcomen Atmospheric Engine
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Location: |
Mayor's Avenue, Dartmouth |
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Contact: |
0803 834224 |
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Devon |
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Show Map |
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Facilities: |
situated in the tourist information office!
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Description:
Museum to one of Dartmouth's famous sons.
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Review:
Reconstruction of a steam atmospheric engine, taken down from beside a Midland's canal, where it pumped water from a reservoir into the canal, and reconstructed in his home town in honour of the 'inventor' of the steam engine. The Atmospheric Engine played a huge part in the Industrial Revolution. Thomas Newcomen was born and worked in Dartmouth.
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Updated: 25 July 2005
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