The collection, which was originally formed as the Seeboard 'Milne Museum' at Tonbridge, Kent, has been housed at Amberley near Arundel, West Sussex, since 1993 and is exhibited in a purpose built display hall. An adjacent garden contains outdoor street furniture and distribution substation equipment.
Alongside the hall a new railway station is being constructed, which will allow visitors to alight from the narrow gauge site railway, to visit the Electricity Hall. A bus stop opposite allows visitors, enjoying a ride on a vintage bus, to alight here.
Alongside the hall a new railway station is being constructed, which will allow visitors to alight from the narrow gauge site railway, to visit the Electricity Hall. A bus stop opposite allows visitors, enjoying a ride on a vintage bus, to alight here.
Between the front hall and the rear hall a large Faraday cage contains HIGH VOLTAGE electrical equipment which can be seen working by arrangement.
Exhibits range from a Wimshurst, static electricity generating, machine to a mains powered Jacob's Ladder, an Impulse Generator and a High Frequency Tesla Coil.
In the adjoining gallery is a Van de Graaff Generator which can also be demonstrated by arrangement.
Exhibits range from a Wimshurst, static electricity generating, machine to a mains powered Jacob's Ladder, an Impulse Generator and a High Frequency Tesla Coil.
In the adjoining gallery is a Van de Graaff Generator which can also be demonstrated by arrangement.
ELECTRO-MEDICAL EQUIPMENT is displayed in a reconstruction of a 1910 Doctors consulting room.
Various "quack" electrical machines are included, to show the extent to which electricity was once believed to be the cure-all for every ailment.
Why not try the Violet Ray machine? It is completely safe and isolated behind glass to reduce the effect felt.
Various "quack" electrical machines are included, to show the extent to which electricity was once believed to be the cure-
Why not try the Violet Ray machine? It is completely safe and isolated behind glass to reduce the effect felt.
The front hall exhibits are mainly associated with the GENERATION & DISTRIBUTION of electricity including Generators, Transformers and Switchgear.
Power Station BATTERY equipment is displayed along with its associated control gear and an early example of a Mercury Arc Rectifier.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES, range from a 1950’s Invalid Carriage to an electric Police Bicycle and not forgetting Sir Clive Sinclair’s notorious C5, are all on show.
Domestic wiring, metering, motors and generators are also covered in this area of the Hall.
Power Station BATTERY equipment is displayed along with its associated control gear and an early example of a Mercury Arc Rectifier.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES, range from a 1950’s Invalid Carriage to an electric Police Bicycle and not forgetting Sir Clive Sinclair’s notorious C5, are all on show.
Domestic wiring, metering, motors and generators are also covered in this area of the Hall.
The GORDON GALLERY contains a series of 'hands-on' working models and demonstrations, illustrating the Science behind Electricity and the key discoveries which led to the modern Electrical age.
The contributions of scientists such as Franklin, Volta and Faraday are illustrated with experiments including Static, Chemical and Magneto-Electricity and their typical applications. The display progresses to the invention of the light bulb and the birth of the public Electricity Supply Industry.
A reconstruction of a 1935 Electricity Showroom, together with Decade Displays, show off the DOMESTIC APPLIANCE COLLECTION.
Other displays through this area focus on individual groups of appliances. Here can be seen one of the first, powered vacuum cleaners, weighing about half a ton and too large to enter a house and one of the first all-plastic electric kettles.
Washing machines, cookers, refrigerators and many more artefacts complete our understanding of the use of electrical appliances in the home.
Other displays through this area focus on individual groups of appliances. Here can be seen one of the first, powered vacuum cleaners, weighing about half a ton and too large to enter a house and one of the first all-
Washing machines, cookers, refrigerators and many more artefacts complete our understanding of the use of electrical appliances in the home.
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