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den ([personal profile] den) wrote2013-10-23 06:40 pm
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And now, Culture

On Sunday I visited the Powerhouse Museum of Science and Technology



Engine No.1 This is one of the first four engines used by the Sydney Rail Company in 1855 (No.3 pulled the first train.) In 1855 the first class ticket to Parramatta was 3 shillings: the equivalent of $60 today. The trip took most of the day. Now, it costs $5 and takes 40 minutes.

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Powerhouse Museum

Powerhouse Museum

Powerhouse Museum

Working copy of the Strasbourg Clock
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Boulton & Watts Steam Engine
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Powerhouse Museum

Various steam engines
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Powerhouse Museum

Powerhouse Museum

Powerhouse Museum

Gears & Steam
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SPACE!
Powerhouse Museum

Powerhouse Museum

One of Robert Goddar'd rocket motors
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Sputnik 1, Vanguard 1, and one motor from Stage 1 of the Saturn V
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All Aboard! The original destination board from Central tation
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MOAR STEAM ENGINES!
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An original Sydney Tram
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Powerhouse Museum

Motorbikes!
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Powerhouse Museum

Not a Veyron, but I still want it
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Bleriot flew across The Channel in one of these
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ROBOTS!
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Powerhouse Museum

The bones of the Earth.
Powerhouse Museum

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