Replica Steam Elephant locomotive, Pockerley Waggonway

Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum is an open air museum located in the town of Stanley, County Durham, England. Beamish tries to show what life was like in a typical northern town in the early 20th century — much of the restoration and interpretation is specific to 1913. Replica of Steam Elephant locomotive of 1815, Pockerley Waggonway, Beamish museum. ... Replica of Steam Elephant locomotive of 1815, Pockerley Waggonway, Beamish museum. ... An open air museum is a distinct type of museum exhibiting its collections out-of-doors. ... Location within the British Isles. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

It is the first English museum to be financed and administered by a consortium of County Councils (Cleveland, Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear) and it was the first regional open air museum in England. The museum was established in the 1970s under director Frank Atkinson. Atkinson was concerned to preserve the customs, traditions, and ways of speech of the region and adopted a policy of "unselective collecting", whereby local people could donate anything of the period to the museum. In the British Isles, a county council is a council that governs a county. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... County Durham is a county in north-east England. ... For other places with this name, see Northumberland (disambiguation) Northumberland is a ceremonial and administrative county in northern England. ... Tyne and Wear is one of six metropolitan counties in England, comprising the estuary areas of the rivers Tyne and Wear. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ...

The first exhibition was held in Beamish Hall in 1971. The site was opened to visitors for the first time in 1972. 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...

The museum is 95% self funding, mainly from the admission charges of around 350,000 visitors annually.

Pockerley Waggonway

Beamish has its own railway, Pockerley Waggonway, comprising an engine shed from 1825 and a short length of track, on which a replica of George Stephenson's Locomotion No 1 runs. The original locomotion headed the first public, passenger-carrying, steam train in the world — on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. Visitors to the museum can ride in the unsprung carriages. 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... George Stephenson. ... Locomotion Number 1 Courtesy of Darlington Railway Centre and Museum Locomotion No. ... Great Western Railway No. ... The Stockton and Darlington railway (S&DR), which opened in 1825, was the first railway to use steam locomotives and carry passengers. ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Other exhibits include a coal mine, as well as houses, shops, and trams. Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the mining of coal. ... Street cars in New Orleans A modern tram in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland For modern innovations aimed at increasing the capacity and speed of tramway systems, see light rail. ...

Town

The features of the town area include the original Annfield Plain Co-Operative Store, a dentist's surgery, school, bank and a pub. It has been used for the backdrop for many film and television productions, particularly the Catherine Cookson dramas produced by Tyne Tees Television. Annfield Plain is a village in County Durham, in England. ... Dame Catherine Ann Cookson DBE OBE (20 June 1906–11 June 1998) was an English novelist. ... Tyne Tees Television, City Road Tyne Tees Television Limited is the ITV television contractor for the North East of England. ...

See also

• Black Country Living Museum
• Blists Hill victorian town

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External link

• Official website