Claire Barratt (born 1974) is an English industrial archaeologist, steam engineer and

television presenter A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces or hosts television show, television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. It is common for people ...

Career

Barratt studied

civil engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

at the

University of Portsmouth The University of Portsmouth (UoP) is a public university in Portsmouth, England. Comprising five Faculty (division), faculties, the university offers a wide range of academic disciplines. in 2022, with around 28,280 students enrolled in Unde ...

, and whilst doing so, became more interested in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

. On graduation she worked at the

Chiltern Open Air Museum Chiltern Open Air Museum (COAM) is an independent open-air museum of vernacular buildings and a tourist attraction located near Chalfont St Peter and Chalfont St. Giles in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England. Its collection consists ...

, the

Royal Armouries The Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom's national collection of arms and armour. Once an important part of England's military organization, it became the United Kingdom's oldest museum, and one of the oldest museums in the world. It is als ...

and the British Engineerium, where she remains a consultant engineer. It was from here that her television career was launched when she appeared on

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...

's '' Salvage Squad'' – a programme about restoring historical machinery – first as a participant, later as co-presenter. Whilst filming, she completed a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...

in Conservation of

Industrial Heritage Industrial heritage refers to the physical and intangible legacy of industrialisation, including buildings, machinery, workshops, sites, and landscapes of historical and technological significance. Stefan Berger and Steven High define industrial h ...

and won the

Association for Industrial Archaeology The Association for Industrial Archaeology (AIA) was established in Great Britain in 1973 to promote the study of industrial archaeology and to encourage improved standards of recording, research, conservation and publication. It aims to support ...

Student Fieldwork Award. Presently a freelance consultant industrial archaeologist, Barratt has restored and run many different vehicles, and is currently restoring a

watermill A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as mill (grinding), milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in ...

Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ...

. She is a member of Subterranea Britannica, a society which studies and records man-made underground sites.

Personal life

Barratt is married to a fellow car enthusiast and has two daughters.

Filmography

* '' Salvage Squad'',

, 2002–2004 * ''The History Detectives'',

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

, 2007 * ''Rory McGrath's Best of British Engineering'', Series Engineer,

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, 2006 * '' The Biggest Little Railway in the World'', Channel 4, 2018 * ''Abandoned Places''

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barratt, Claire 1974 births Living people British mechanical engineers English civil engineers English archaeologists English television presenters Alumni of the University of Portsmouth Place of birth missing (living people) British women archaeologists