Guide and Virtual Tour of Whitby: RNLI Whitby Museum and Old Glory Steam Bus.
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You can catch the Steam Driven Bus ' Elizabeth' just outside the RNLI Museum at this point , and take a steam driven tour of the Town.
The Bus is a 1931 DG6P Sentinel steam-powered wagon, converted into a 30-seat bus which operates on public streets for up to 280 days a year. The vehicle has two gears, six wheels and pneumatic tyres!
RNLI Musuem, Whitby. Pier Road, Whitby
Built in 1895, this double boathouse was used by the RNLI until 1957 when it was re-established as a museum.
The museum has grown to contain an abundance of lifeboat material including models, paintings, medals, photographs, lifeboat kit and items from famous rescues. Personal tales of individual RNLI crew and survivors are told through individual accounts from the archives and touching mementos from the wrecked and the rescued.
Admission to the RNLI Museum is free.
Opening times: Easter-October: Daily 10am-5pm
November-December: Daily 11am-4pm (subject to weather)
January-March: Weekends only 11am-4pm (subject to weather)
Join us on the next part of our virtual tour of Whitby...
You are viewing panorama No.19 (RNLI Whitby Museum and Old Glory Steam Bus), one of 26 Virtual Reality 360 degree views of Whitby.
Map of Whitby showing the location of
RNLI Whitby Museum and Old Glory Steam Bus at Latitude 54.49023 / Longitude -0.61454.
We have visited Whitby on a number of occasions to produce this tour, this page was created on Mon, 5 Dec 2011 15:14:47 +0000.
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