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Rocket Daily Talks at Science and Industry Museum, Castlefield, 21 May–8 September 2019, free entry - Visit now
Head to the Science and Industry Museum for an interactive talk and steam into the past to learn all about the historic Rocket locomotive.
Find out how a steam train works, how the first inter-city railway made history in Manchester and how Rocket changed our world and the way we travel forever.
Daily at 11.00, 11.30, 12.00, 13.00, 13.30 and 14.00
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