BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.4.7.2//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5539@whatson.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260725T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260725T143000 DTSTAMP:20260725T055728Z URL:https://whatson.org.uk/wo/events/dartmouth-newcomen-steam-festival-tal ks-at-the-flavel/ SUMMARY:Dartmouth Newcomen Steam Festival Talks at The Flavel DESCRIPTION:Event: https://facebook.com/events/s/dartmouth-newcomen-steam-f esti/2010805176223291/\n\nPart of The Newcomen Steam Festival which is hap pening all over Dartmouth on Saturday 25 July 2026.\n\nAs part of the fest ival we are hosting 4 illustrated talks in the Flavel Arts Centre all about the invention of steam power and its application in Dartmouth and on the River Dart. \n\nThe Flavel Cafe will be open from 9.30am to 1pm \nThe Flavel Bar will be open from 12 noon to 1.15pm\n\n10:30 11.30am Brune l's Atmospheric Caper \nBrunel's Atmospheric Caper follows Isambard Kingdo m Brunel as he backs one of the strangest railways ever built along the So uth Devon coast from Exeter to Newton Abbot and on to Plymouth. \n\nSpeake r: Jonathan Turner is Vice Chair and Trustee of Dartmouth Museum\, Chair o f the South West Maritime History Society\, and a Trustee of the Flavel Ar ts Centre in Dartmouth.\n\n\n11.30am 12.30pm The Engine that Changed t he World \nWhy is Thomas Newcomen's 1712 steam engine regarded as one of t he most important inventions in history? This talk explains how Newcomen a nd his assistant\, John Calley\, created the world's first successful comm ercial steam engine\, making deep coal mining possible and laying the foun dations of the Industrial Revolution. \n\nSpeaker: David Hulse is one of t he pre-eminent model makers of our age\, and his meticulously researched w orking models of eighteenth century atmospheric steam engines have gained international recognition. \n\n13:30pm 14.30pm Paddle Steamer Kings wear Castle \nBuilt in 1924 Kingswear Castle ran up and down the Dart betw een Dartmouth and Totnes until withdrawn in 1965. After two decades laying idle she was returned to service in 1985 based at the Historic Dockyard a t Chatham running trips on the Rivers Medway and Thames. In 2013 she retur ned to the Dart on long term charter to the Dartmouth Steam Railway and Ri ver Boat Company. She has just completed a major rebuild. \n \nSpeaker: Jo hn Megoran: No-one knows more about the Kingswear Castle than John. A nati ve of Weymouth\, where paddle steamers still ran when he was a child\, Joh n returned Kingswear Castle to service in 1985. \n \n14:30-15:30pm Thomas Newcomen:\nThe Dartmouth Ironmonger Who Changed the World\nThomas Newcomen 's great-grandfather was a Cambridge don and contemporary of Francis Bacon who brought modern education to Dartmouth\, and the Newcomen family's Non conformist convictions often put them at odds with the town's politics. Tu tored near Kingsbridge\, where he met his future wife Hannah\, Thomas inhe rited properties in Dartmouth and Kingswear and later acquired others in B ovey Tracey and Ilsington. \n\nSpeaker: James Greener is an authority on the life and work of Thomas Newcomen and is changing the way we think abou t him. He combines an international career in automotive technology and r enewable energy with a long-standing passion for the history of steam powe r. \n \nALL talks are free no booking necessary however auditorium cap acity is 172. \n \nThomas Newman Steam Festival\, Dartmouth\, \nDevon : St eam Heritage CATEGORIES:food / drink / music festival LOCATION:The Flavel Arts Centre\, Not sure\, Oxfordshire\, OX\, Mid\, Unite d Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Not sure\, Oxfordshire\, OX \, Mid\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Flavel Arts Centre: geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR