| The Purbeck Mineral & Mining Museum |
| Welcome Open on Sundays at Norden Park and Ride |
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NEWS |
| Purbeck is rich in Minerals and they have been supplied across the world. They have changed the way we live. The Museum is being built to tell that story. The first aim of the museum is to create a working Ball Clay Mining Museum complex. This will include displays showing how Ball Clay has made its mark on the Industrial revolution, paid for the education of the first person to send a radio message and who went on to invent the spark plug for internal combustion engine. It will show how Ball Clay changed the eating hygiene of the nation, provided the wealth that allowed Darwin to formulate his theory on "the origin of the species". It will show a link between Guy's Hospital, St Paul's Cathedral and the Ball Clay extraction at Norden. From Corfe to Wareham, the extraction Ball Clay has been been the main employment since the mid 18th Century. The Museum will record the living conditions of the workers, and show the families of the Clay Merchants. The Museum will record that 3 narrow gauge clay lines were in Purbeck before the Swanage Railway branch was built and will relay track along the old formations at Norden as well as rebuilding some of the buildings of the Norden Complex. The visitor will be able to read about, see and hear the Mining activities now relegated to the history books. |
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Changes to Website |
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Revision |
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| Revision E | 10th November 2009 | Harper's New Monthly Magazine article |
| Revision F | 17th November 2009 | Models commitments for 2010 added |
| Revision G | 21st November 2009 | William Joseph Pike's love of railways |
| Revision H | 1st December 2009 | Mine construction photos updated |
| Revision I | 17th December 2009 | Mine construction photos updated |
| Revision J | 19th December 2009 | A book to read for Christmas |
| Revision K | 20th December 2009 | Mine construction photos updated |
| Revision L | 22nd December 2009 | Norden Mines Correction |
| Revision M | 31st December 2009 | Mine construction photos updated |
| Revision N | 9th January 2010 | A winter's view of the museum |
| Revision 0 | 21st January 2010 | Benjamin Fayle information updated |
| Revision P | 31st January 2010 | Memories of an underground cow updated |
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Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum |
Swanage Railway Trust
– Swanage Railway, |
