Re: More Armstrongery
The Discovery Museum is indeed well worth a look. Actually the ship there is the Turbinia, and was built by Parsons rather than Armstrong.
There's also a good sized sectioned steam turbine generating set, again by Parsons, who along with Armstrong was one of quite a few industrial pioneers based in the north-east.
Possibly more than anywhere else on earth, Tyneside was the cradle of early engineering and the industrial revolution, with railways originally being called Tyneside Roads.
However, the contrast with the region's present day fortunes is quite sobering .
Biting the hand that feeds IT
