Kelham Island Museum
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The Kelham Island Museum is an industrial museum in The City of Sheffield, England. It occupies the site of a former steelworks beside the River Don. The museum houses exhibitions on science and Sheffield industry, including examples of reconstructed little mesters' workshops and England's only surviving Bessemer converter. The museum gives tours to local schools and has regular demonstrations of the 1905 River Don Engine, a 12,000 horsepower (9 MW) steam engine, which originally powered a local armour plate rolling mill. The engine is remarkable for its ability to change direction very quickly, a facet that was necessary for the efficient rolling of steel. The museum is operated by the Sheffield Industrial Museums Trust. It is an Anchor Point of ERIH, The European Route of Industrial Heritage.
Also incorporated is an interactive science area — scope.
The Kelham Island Museum is situated next to the well-known Fat Cat public house, which is one of two public houses owned by the independent Kelham Island Brewery.
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'Kelham Island' is also the name of an instrumental track by Sheffield's Richard Hawley, a B side to the single 'Coles Corner' released in 2005 on Mute Records.
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