Natural gas has fuelled homes and industry for over two centuries. From William Murdoch’s first coal-gas lamps in Cornwall in 1792 to today’s methane and hydrogen blends. The convenience and relative cleanliness have reshaped daily life.
Category: History
Wooden Water Pipes
Today, we take clean, pressurised water for granted. Turn on a tap and there it is, ready to drink, to fight fires, or to fill the kettle. But go back a few hundred years, and it’s quite different. Finding reliable water sources wasn’t so straightforward.
On this Day 9 May 1911, The Great Layfette
Mention the name Sigmund Neuberger to most people today and they would draw a blank, follow that it by saying that he performed under the name of ‘The Great Layfette’ and you might get a glimmer of recognition from a few but most who still be none the wiser. Yet in his time he was the best paid, some say the richest taking in £44,000 a year (equivalent to Millionaire status today), and possibly the most universally hated performer on the Music Hall, Theatre and Vaudeville circuit in the UK and USA.
From the Basement: Two large valves
In December 2016 museums volunteers found these two large valves about 12 inches tall to the top of the outlet, with two and a half inch V-thread outlets were among hundreds of items put in storage.
Glasgow Cheapside Street Fire
Fire services from around the area were dispatched after smoke was reported from a second-floor window of the warehouse.
Auxiliary Fire Service at McDonald Road Fire Station
The new museum is in the former engine room of the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) section of McDonald Road Fire Station, a purpose built fire station completed in 1966.