The Silk Mill

Rolls-Royce aero engine, one of many R-R piston and jet engines at the museum

c.1850 George Fletcher and Co grasshopper engine

Detail of Fletcher grasshopper engine

c.1880 George Fletcher steam pump

Intake end of Rolls-Royce Engines: RB 211 engine

Locomotive valve motion model. Made by Neilson and Co in 1874 for the Derby Works of the Midland Railway

Detail of valve motion model

Joshua Buckton and Co tensile testing machine, ex-Midland Railway Derby Works

The Silk Mill was formerly Derby's Museum of Industry and History, part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.

The museum had a fascinating collection of artefacts relating to the city's industry, including the manufacture of silk textiles, aero engines, stationary steam engines, locomotives, etc. The site was part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site

The museum closed and was redeveloped as the Museum of Making. Few of the exhibits from the Museum of Industry and History made it into the new museum.

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