Claire Barratt
Claire Barratt (born 1974) is an English industrial archaeologist, steam engineer and television presenter.
Career
Barratt studied civil engineering at the University of Portsmouth,[1] and whilst doing so, became more interested in mechanical engineering.
On graduation she worked at the Chiltern Open Air Museum, the Royal Armouries 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'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 in Conservation of Industrial Heritage and won the Association for Industrial Archaeology Student Fieldwork Award.
Presently a freelance consultant industrial archaeologist, Barratt has restored and run many different vehicles, and is currently restoring a watermill in Cornwall. She is a member of Subterranea Britannica, a society which studies and records man-made underground sites.
Personal life
Barratt is married to fellow car-enthusiast Ben and has two daughters.[1]
Filmography
- Salvage Squad, Channel 4, 2002–2004
- The History Detectives, BBC, 2007
- Rory McGrath's Best of British Engineering, Series Engineer, Discovery, 2006
- The Biggest Little Railway in the World, Channel 4, 2018[2]
- Abandoned Places
References
- Simpson, Richard (12 February 2005). "Portrait of a driver: Claire Barratt". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013.
- McIver, Brian (3 January 2018). "Model rail enthusiasts build biggest ever miniature track over 71 miles". dailyrecord. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- "Salvage Squad". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
- "The History Detectives". The Open University.