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SUMMARY:The rise of a university: industry\, engineering and science (Her
 itage Tour)
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DESCRIPTION:This tour takes visitors on a journey from the height of the 
 industrial revolution to the white heat of 1960s scientific and technolo
 gical innovation. Our guides explain the history of the Manchester Mecha
 nics’ Institution founded by eleven successful merchants in 1824 to enab
 le workers to acquire a basic education.\n\nThe Manchester Mechanics’ In
 stitution later took on local and national concerns by tailoring its edu
 cation to meet Manchester’s industrial needs and by researching new tech
 nologies that would improve Britain’s competitive edge.\n\nThe Instituti
 on developed into the University of Manchester Institute of Science and 
 Technology (UMIST) which established itself as a specialised centre of s
 cientific\, engineering and technological education and research.\n\nThe
  tour takes places around one of Manchester’s oldest industrial sites an
 d leads visitors from the fine architecture of the Sackville building\, 
 invested with civic pride\, through to the postwar modernist structures 
 exemplifying progress and possibility. \n\nThe tour is outside and lasts
  around 1 hour.\n
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Sackville St Building\, Sackville St Entrance\, Sackville Street
  Building\, Manchester
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