The collections tell the stories of the Charles Burrell Works and the steam - powered engines they produced and which sold around the world .
The Charles Burrell Works are a company which at one time employed 350 people who worked there until business closed in 1928 .
The collections tell the stories of the Charles Burrell Works , a company which at one time employed 350 people who worked there until business closed in 1928 , and the steam - powered engines they produced and which sold around the world .