Councillor Graham Mitchell, Keighley Town Mayor and Mr Andy Westerman the Mayor’s Steward visited Airedale Springs on the 23rd February 2015. L/R Mr Andy Westerman, Councillor Graham Mitchell, Michael Parkinson, Tim Parkinson After an introduction to the history of the…
Throughout our history, mankind has produced some truly astonishing feats of engineering. Inspired by this, here in the first instalment of our new series on ancient feats of engineering, we take a closer look at the Egyptian pyramids, which have…
Continuing our series on Great Feats of British Engineering, here we take a look at the innovative Thames Barrier, whose purpose is to protect the city of London and its residents from flooding. The city of London is vulnerable to…
Whilst at one time, virtual reality technologies were considered the preserve of video game enthusiasts, this technology is really coming of age, and today’s virtual reality is being utilised for a wide range of exciting applications. With this in mind,…
According to Sir James Dyson, one of the reasons that the British are so good at inventing things is because we live on an island, separating us from the rest of Europe and giving us our own challenges. Whatever the…
The printer is something that you may use every day; you will find at least one in every office up and down the country. But it is often overlooked that they have had a huge impact on the world, making…
Often great design requires even greater inspiration, and sometimes this can be found in even the most unexpected of places. Arguably, there’s no better designer than nature, and the natural world has provided the inspiration for some of the world’s…
Airedale Springs is proud to be a supporter of the CE:AMIE Industrial Centre of Excellence (ICE) for Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering. The ICE has been created to ensure that students can gain the skills and experience necessary for a successful…
The industrial revolution was a time of great change for Britain during the 18th and 19th centuries. It pulled production out of the inefficient processes when products were mostly made within people’s homes, and into a modern age. The revolution…
After examining the Standedge Tunnel and the London Underground, we return above ground with this part of our continuing series, to look at the oldest continuously operated public railway in the world: the Middleton Railway. In the 1750’s, the Middleton…