The mobile glassmaking that has been incorporated into the Stourbridge Lion is designed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the unit out and about around the country so, if you would like to see it at your festival, glass gathering or community event please get in touch 01384 374829
The Stourbridge Lion & The Agenoria were made in Stourbridge in the West Midlands and The Lion was the first Steam Engine to run on tracks in the USA in 1829, The Agenoria was working pulling coal from Ashwood Basin Kingswinford to Corbyns Hall Pensnett prior to Stephenson’s Rocket.
The object of the project is to promote Tourism by displaying the history and very many enduring skills of the men, women and youth of the Stourbridge area of the Black Country, past and present and our ability to embrace, expand and create new technologies.
The Stourbridge Lion Project is the vision of inventor Robert Merlyn Farwell whose aim is to place a replica of the original Stourbridge Lion steam engine, the first engine to run on tracks in America in 1829, at the end of the shorttest commercial railway line in the world in Stourbridge Town. For more details visit the website at Stourbridgelion.com
Merlyn designs, manufactures and supplies highly efficient hot glass working equipment that minimises fuel costs for studio glassmakers.