Newcastle University

===Cavitation tunnel===
[[File:The Hancock Museum Newcastle September 2009.jpg|thumb|The [[Hancock Museum]], founded in 1884, is the main location of the [[Great North Museum]].]]
Newcastle University has the second largest [[cavitation tunnel]] in the UK. Founded in 1950, and based in the Marine Science and Technology Department, the [[Emerson Cavitation Tunnel]] is used as a test basin for propellers, water turbines, underwater coatings and interaction of propellers with ice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tpod.ncl.ac.uk/TPod/ECT%20History.pdf |title=Emerson Cavitation Tunnel History |publisher=Newcastle University School of Marine Science and Technology |access-date=29 August 2008 |archive-date=11 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911082331/http://tpod.ncl.ac.uk/TPod/ECT%20History.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The Emerson Cavitation Tunnel was recently relocated to a new facility in [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thecourieronline.co.uk/2015/10/26/research-tunnel-moving-to-blyth-to-make-way-for-new-social-space/ |title=Research tunnel moving to Blyth to make way for new social space |publisher=The Courier Online |format=webpage |access-date=14 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118034938/http://thecourieronline.co.uk/2015/10/26/research-tunnel-moving-to-blyth-to-make-way-for-new-social-space/ |archive-date=18 January 2017 }}</ref>