Lego at the great North Exhibition.

There was a time line of buildings and innovations at the Mining Institute next to the Central Station in Newcastle upon Tyne. The image shows the river Tyne with the Millennium bridge and the Baltic Flour Mill Museum. Also the Angel of the North. Extras are Stephenson's Rocket - well see if you can identify anything else. There is also mechano made from lego. Answers below. Models were created by Steve Mayes.



1862- New Hartley Colliery- you can see the shafts going down. Miners lamp.

1879- light bulb fist demonstrated in Newcastle. The first street lit by electricity and Blackpool Illuminations.

1894- the Turbinia. First steam turbine ship.

1901- Meccano toy invented by Hornby.

Votes for women.

1981- Great North Run and the Tyne Bridge.

Nissan car factory in Sunderland.