Liverpool Road
LANCASHIRE - Manchester, England, M3 4FP Phone: 0161 832 2244 Website The Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Manchester, England, is a large Museum devoted to the development of science, technology, and industry with emphasis on the City's achievements in these fields. It is an Anchor Point of ERIH – the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
There are extensive displays on the theme of transport (railway locomotives and rolling stock, aircraft, and space vehicles), power (water, electricity, steam and gas engines), Manchester's sewerage and sanitation, textiles, communications and computing. The Museum also offers steam train rides at weekends and on bank holidays.
The cost of a penny is now £1.50 and the machine locations have changed but all four are still available in the museum.
Machine 10. Located on the first floor in the experiment area:
1) ...Crossley Regis '6' 1935
2) ...Rotorax Jap 1967
3) ...Dehaviland Dragon 1935
4) ...Bailey Hot Air Engine 1880
Machine 11. Located by the main entrance, next to gift shop,
1) ...Roe Triplane 1909
2) ...Ford Model T 1912
3) ...Avro Shackleton 1954
4) ...Rolls Royce 1906
Machine 12. Located on the First floor in the experiment area.
1) ...National Horizontal Engine 1900
2) ...Roving Frame 1927
3) ...Watson Compound Microscope 1950
4) ...Alex Seggie Lithography Press 1871
Machine 13, Located on Ground floor in the “conversation space” in the textiles gallery,
1) ...Novelty 1828
2) ...Beyer-Garratt 1929
3) ...Planet 1830
4) ...Firgrove Mill Engine 1907
Retired designs:
Retired 1: Design: The Steam locomotive on this penny is called 'PLANET' (not 'Stephenson's Rocket') -built in 1830 by Manchester & Liverpool Railway - a real-sized replica of which gives passenger rides in the museum grounds. Text: 'Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester'.
Retired 2: Single Design: A V Roe replica Tri plane image, MOSI in text
Retired 3: Single Design: BBC Doctor Who 'Tardis' image, Manchester MOSI 2007 in text
Retired 4: Single Design; I (heart) Manchester image.
Retired 5 : Single Design; an image of a Roman Centurion and MOSI in text.
Retired 6: 2013 - 1) MOSI Logo, 2) Alex Seggie Lithography Press, 3) Walking through the Sewers, 4) Platt Bros Roving Frame
Retired 7: 2013 - 1) MOSI Logo, 2) BBC Ribbon Microphone, 3) Scientist's Flask, 4) Watson's Microscope
Retired 8: 2013 - 1) MOSI Logo, 2) Bayer Garrett Engine, 3) 1830 Planet, 4) Novelty Engine
Retired 9: 2013 - 1) MOSI Logo, 2) Model T Ford, 3) 1954 AVRO Shackleton, 4) Roe Triplane
Details provided by David Miller, ukpennies.co.uk
For 2015, 4 new machines from Pennymangle replace the 4 from Penny Press Factory.
October 15th 2025 - all machines working great. Clear and sharp images.
Machine 11 - by the main entrance, next to gift shop,
Machine 13 - Ground floor in the “conversation space” in the textiles gallery,
Machines 10 & 12 First floor in the experiment area.
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