On Saturday morning, May 30, the EIL students visited the British Science Museum
in South Kensington. They
were able to see several Boulton and Watt Steam Engines and Babbage's
Difference Engine (Models 1 and 2). Professors Berry and Dickerson awarded trivia winners with
candy afterwards. The group photo (with EIL banner) is taken in front
of the 1903 Mill Engine manufactured by Burnley Ironworks Co. This sophisticated 700-horsepower engine
was installed in the Harle Syke Mill, near Burnley, Lancashire in
1903. It powered hundreds of looms in the mill, via belts driven by the
huge 20-tonne flywheel. The mill was dismantled in 1970 and moved to
the museum in 1979.
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