This used water power from the River Meuse as well as a steam engine. Felt has been made for at least 8,000 years. It is produced by wetting, heating and compressing wool or hair. The museum shows examples
and located in the Bavarian mountains in a stylish modern building with a plan shaped like a number 8. At the heart of the museum is a spectacular model railway that extends to 550 square metres and shows
museum includes two other locomotives both from the North Eastern Railway, a 2-4-0 of 1885 and an 0-8-0 of 1919, and a large model of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. The station’s entrance hall and ticket
the history, techniques and products of the industry. The kiln was built in 1900 and is 20m high and 8m in diameter with eight firing portals. A chimney extends through the roof of the building. Visitors
Mechanics College in the city and its importance in the establishment of the state of Israel in 1947-8. Pavilion C is dedicated to public transport, with a particular focus on the history of trams in the
peasants who bred the silkworms to the life of children who started working in the factory at less than 8 years old. It shows all the steps of silk making, from the cocoon to the weaver’s loom. The vaulted
recorded memories of the former metalworkers tell of their hard work and how they relaxed from it. An 8-minute film presents the history and the role of iron and steel in building today's world.
Tupolev 104, the first type of jet airliner in the USSR which was built at Kharkiv. It is displayed with 8 other Tupolevs and 6 Ilushins. There are also many military aircraft, including MIG fighter jets, and
film The Third Man, directed in 1949 by Carol Reed (1906-76). Another momento of the Wurstelprater, an 8 m high figure of a Chinese man, formerly displayed on a merry-go-round owned by the magician and restaurant
Slezská Harta is an artificial 8.7 sq km reservoir and rockfill dam in the upper reaches of the Moravice River. The dam was built between 1987 and 1997 to provide sufficient water for the downstream Kružberk
the breathing device in case the air gets thin. A shaking and wobbling elevator ride down to level 8 at 386 meters takes visitors to their first big challenge: a sloping shaft with a 100-meter-long narrow
The Sunila pulpmill at Kotka of 1937-8 was designed by the great Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1888-1976) and is one of the most notable 20th century industrial buildings in Europe. It remains in production
1848 Steinbrück steam locomotive - the oldest surviving Austrian-made steam locomotive - and the Ce 6/8 II "Crocodile" electric Swiss mountain locomotive.
different, a single-storey structure, modelled on the Temple of Horus at Edfu in Egype and covering 0.8 ha. Light is admitted through 65 conical glass domes on a flat roof that was once laid with grass, from
by vehicles such as the charming Comète Coupe ‘Monte Carlo’, the pre-Simca Vedette, and the Marly V8 Estate used by ex-Grand Prix driver Jean-Pierre Beltoise. An exhibition features car components, advertising
have been reconstructed and fully stocked. Aircraft engines are represented by a French Hispano-Suiza V8 engine of 1923 and the DC-3 passenger plane engine of 1942.
maritime life and it explores aspects of the natural history of the sea. In the harbour at Jardim Oudinot, 8km away, the museum cares for the cod-fishing trawler Santo André . This 71-m ship was built in the
