Re: Tassie Garret & Penndennis Castle

["chris@enet21.com.au" <chris@enet21.com.au>]

Take a trip to the Powerhouse and see, It is a large  early 1800's steam engine from a coal?
mine in the UK. I believe it was purchased early in the 20th or late 19th century. At the
time the person who aquired it on behalf of the museum was criticised by some individuals
because it wasn't relevant to the museum and Australia. 100 years later people are thanking
him. As it is one of the few (or only) of its kind the poms would surely swap  half a dozen
GWR castles to get it back. But luckly for us the NSW govt. and the Power House will never
let it go.


Chris

James Brook wrote:

> chris@enet21.com.au wrote:
>
> > My point is the Pendennis Castle is unique for Australia, we also have other unique
> > things like the only Me262 in original condition, the V2 rocket with trailer, and as
> > it was mentioned the beam engine at the powerhouse.
> > We would look a real fool if we handed these back!
> > It has been recorded that  the person who aquired the beam engine for the Museum of
> > Applied Arts & Sciences many years ago was criticised for purchasing it as it was
> > claimed that it wasn't relevant for a Australian museum.
> > If the poms were that upset about the Pendennis Castle in oz you would hear about it
> > through offical channels.
> > Why can't it be kept for example at the Power House where ordinary people can see
> > it. Many average aussies will never get the chance to travel overseas. It would be
> > better to let  a 6 year old aussie kid see it at the Powerhouse than let be in the
> > possession of a bunch of  "train nuts" in far off merry England
>
> If the Pendennis Castle did get stuffed and mounted in the Powerhouse museum it would
> never run again. The Pendennis Castle is very similar to the technology in our own
> locomotives and the only obvious difference is the 4 cylinders. It would be better to
> put a 38 or some other express passenger loco in the Powerhouse museum as an example of
> modern steam locomotive design because this would also represent an Australian
> locomotive. The Me262 and the V2 are the only examples of these revolutionary designs of
> aircraft that exist in Australia, ie: one of the first jets and one of the first
> missiles. The Pendennis Castle, is hardly a revolutionary design by world standards. As
> I have said before, you have to look at each individual case. Even so, I don't think we
> would be fools if we did return them to Germany. What about the kids in those countries
> who can't travel to Australia to see a piece of their own heritage? As for the beam
> engine, I have no idea what this is and this is the first I've heard of it.
>
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