SMEE News The Forncett Steam Museum

SMEE Forncett SMEE were delighted to be able to contribute exhibits to the Forncett Steam Museum's Model Engineering Day and Steam Up on the 6th of October. This event has been running for a few years now at Norfolk's hidden gem that is Forncett Steam Museum. The museum is the lifetime result of owner Rowan Francis's fascination with stationary engines. Rowan had a career as an anaesthetist but inherited the steam bug from his father who got involved with narrow gauge railways soon after leaving the navy. Wanting to do something a little different, Rowan started collecting stationary engines and amassed a large collection of the great machines that powered the UK into the last half of the 20th Century. Situated in the garden of Rowen's one time farm house,…

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