Kirkaldy's Testing Works, the world's first independent testing house. We are a working museum & educational learning centre located in the heart of London.
99 Southwark Street London SE1
Joined September 2013
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A visit to Kirkaldy’s Testing Works, the temple of destruction standard.co.uk/going-out/att…
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#DavidKirkaldy’s Testing Works with his #UniversalTestingMachine was opened in 160 years ago. 8 years later it opened at 99 Southwark St, now a museum.
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FACTS NOT OPINIONS – Kirkaldy’s Testing and Experimenting Works talesfromthebraziersgrotto.w… via @FromBrazier
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Kirkaldy’s Testing Works museum are proudly participating in London's @openhouselondon Festival 2025.
Please find all your 'Drop in'🎟️ details here for Saturday 20th September 10:30 - 14:30.
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Hello all! Last year I wrote a column (inspired by Randall Munroe's "What If?") in which I attempted serious answers to absurd hypothetical questions about economics and the economy.
With your help, I'd like to do it again please. (RT, spread the word...)
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The first parts of the Gaunless Bridge have arrived @LocomotionSHD just over 200 years since it was first erected on its original site @fsdr1825 @durhamadampince @AIndustrialArch @IHSOengland
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The first of our 2023 inductees to get a full write-up. David "Facts not Opinions" Kirkaldy. Obituary: "the best hated man in London". Truth to Power? No problem for him. engineeringhalloffame.org/pr……
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Second inductee, the founder of the "Facts Not Opinions" Testing Works, David Kirkaldy @TheTestingWorks @ArmourerBrasier @ICELibrary @IMechE @IStructE @WCoEngineers
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🍭 Caramel + 🧻 tissue = fun science stuff! 👩🔬
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Clean Air Day is coming up on 14th June! Join us for a day of events, including a walking tour, air quality talks, and a Bankside Street Party on Union Street. See you there!
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Want to celebrate with people around the world this International Women in Engineering Day? 🌍 🎉
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What happens if a QR code gets damaged? Can it still be read? Alex and Lezlie used baked beans to find out
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New on the blog! Grace Campagna writes about 'Get to Know #Medieval Londoners': an exciting new crowdsourced research project from @FordhamNYC & @IHR_history. Learn how you can get involved via @wdytyamagazine's Transcription Tuesday 2023! #London #history blog.history.ac.uk/2023/01/g…
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Kirkaldy's Testing Works.
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A historic engineering gem in the heart of Southwark.
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Wondering how you can help climate science on a wet, cold day in November?
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The pic shows our tear-down of a disposable vape by the way, that big lozenge in the middle is the lithium battery. 2 million a week sold in the UK. All thrown away.
