Out and About - Bolton Steam Museum

The Bolton Steam Museum is a world-class visitor attraction displaying the largest collection of working mill engines in Europe. Entirely volunteer run the museum has been developed over 20 years and showcases many of the manufacturers that powered the North. 120 years ago Lancashire produced more than half the world's supply of cotton textiles. Hundreds of mills were busy spinning and weaving and bleach and dye works were thriving. Steam engines drove all the machinery in the mills and there was as many as 10,000 engines at work, mostly built by local engineering companies. Over the next 80 years the industry declined as production moved overseas and mill closures announced every week. Meeting in the entrance we can look round this incredible museum that a group of like minded individuals wanted to preserve of their rapidly disappearing heritage.

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