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Kirkaldy’s Testing Works

Kirkaldy’s Testing Works
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Come and break something! This "amazing" Grade II* engineering heritage site is in the heart of London's Bankside, by...
moreCome and break something! This "amazing" Grade II* engineering heritage site is in the heart of London's Bankside, by Tate Modern. There's a choice of tours on different days including an after-hours Taster, regular Workshop discovery tours or the premium tour with live test of the 'big machine'. The Testing Works is an important piece of London's story - a materials testing workshop where both ideas and metal were tested to destruction. Facts Not Opinions, as it says over the door! Founder David Kirkaldy designed his huge Universal Testing Machine and invited the world to send samples of projects for *independent* testing. Samples from the Eads Bridge to Sydney Harbour, Hammersmith to the de Havilland Comet, were tested right here in Bankside. Now A Level /Year 12 Physics and Maths classes can also get hands-on with the working machines - and bring materials and mechanics to life!less
- Website: testingworks.org.uk
- Address: 99 Southwark Street, London, SE1 0JF

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- Paul B
  08/04/24
  Fabulous tour of this Victorian innovator in product safety. Providing steel, concrete and chain testing services, David Kirkaldy was a pioneer of materials science but more importantly, made the new... more
- kevinmI1012KR
  26/02/24
  Absolutely superb open day experience culminating in 'big machine' snapping an iron bar. Great helpful guides: no question too foolish to answer: v patient with non-engineets like me. Essential part... more
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