Long Shop Museum
The Long Shop Museum is an industrial museum in the town of Leiston in the English county of Suffolk.[1] The museum is dedicated to the history of Richard Garrett & Sons who manufactured agricultural machinery, steam engines and trolleybuses in Leiston.
The museum is housed in one of the remaining part of Leiston Works. It was built in 1852–3 as an engineering workshop for the manufacture of portable steam engines and consists of an open central area and fitters' galleries on the level of the first floor.[2][3] The building is a Grade II* listed building.[3][4]
References
- ^ Long Shop Museum Archived 27 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Suffolk Heritage Direct, Suffolk County Council. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ Long Shop Museum Archived 1 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Discover the Industrious East. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ a b The Long Shop, Leiston, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
- ^ Leiston: Busy summer in store for new staff at Long Shop Museum, East Anglian Daily Times, 2013-07-13. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
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