Crofton Pumping Station,
Crofton,
Marlborough,
Wiltshire,
SN8 3DW.
Tel: 01672 870 300.
The oldest working beam engine in the world, an 1812 Boulton & Watt, and an 1846 Harveys of Hayle, pump water to the summit level of the Kennet & Avon…
Resembles a Victorian Chapel in style, which was built c.1900 to house two 1901 Renshaw of Stoke massive steam-driven beam engines, both now restored to…
Meadow Lane,
Stretton,
Burton-upon-Trent,
Staffordshire,
DE13 0DA.
Tel: 01283 509 929.
Claymills has four Woolf compound beam engines, two working, five Lancashire boilers, steam engines, steam-powered workshops with steam hammer, blacksmith’s…
Hatfield Road,
Langford,
Nr Maldon,
Essex,
CM9 6QA.
Tel: 01621 843 183.
Housed in a former water pumping station, the museum contains a fascinating collection which ranges from a working overhead machine shop to a petrol powered…
The Green, Stradbally, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, IRELAND.
Houses many steam, fire and farm engines in the museum. These incluse a Land-Rover fire engine which was stationed at Stradbally fire station in approximately…
Harle Syke,
Burnley,
Lancashire,
BB10 2HX.
Tel: 01282 412 555.
The last surviving 19th century steam powered weaving mill – relive the days when cotton was king and see the magnificent steam engine 'Peace' driving…
The Old Pumping Station,
Cheddars Lane,
Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire,
CB5 8LD.
Tel: 01223 500 652.
Working museum with original 1895 Hathorn-Davey steam pumps and boilers, 1909 94hp National Gas engines. Other exhibits include 1845 horizontal steam engine…
Hoopers Lane,
Westonzoyland,
Nr Bridgwater,
Somerset,
TA7 0LS.
Tel: 01278 691 595.
Grade II* Listed building (c1830) houses 1861 Easton Amos steam land drainage machine. 1926 Robey portable boiler for raising steam. Largest collection…
Broomy Hill,
Hereford,
Herefordshire,
HR4 0LJ.
Tel: 01432 361 147.
Classified by English Heritage as "a site of clear national importance", the museum is home to the oldest working triple expansion steam engine in the…
Hazeley Road,
Twyford,
Winchester,
Hampshire,
SO21 1QA.
Tel: 07516 458 900.
Discover the story of water extraction, softening and supply over the last 100 years at this Scheduled Ancient Monument located close to Winchester in…
Lodge Park,
Straffan,
Co. Kildare,
IRELAND.
Tel: 00 353 1 628 8412.
The Power Hall displays six large 19th century stationary engines running in steam on occasions. Demonstrations are included of steam powered electric…
Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, Co. Durham, DL3 8TF.
Illustrates the history of water supply, featuring a Teesdale compound rotative beam engine and Hornsby gas engine preserved in a waterworks dating from…
Waterworks Road,
Ryhope,
Sunderland,
Tyne & Wear,
SR2 0ND.
Tel: 0191 521 0235.
Illustrates aspects of water pumping. The two original Hawthorn beam engines of 1868, designed by Thomas Hawksley, have been restored and are steamed at…
Rigg Lane,
Ravenshead,
Nottinghamshire,
NG15 9AJ.
Tel: 0115 963 2938.
Britain’s finest Victorian fresh water pumping station. Two James Watt beam engines with Lancashire boilers. Robey winding engine from Linby Colliery,…
Port Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 3PE.
See Burleigh ware produced over the years in the beautiful showroom, explore the original Victorian offices, and learn about the people and events which…
Bridge Farm,
off A153, East of Tattershall Bridge,
Tattershall,
Lincolnshire,
LN4 4JG.
Tel: 01522 683 755.
Steaming 1856 beam engine driving a scoop wheel land drainage pump. Also working 1940 Ruston 7XHR diesel with Gwynnes centrifugal pump.
Cotes Heath,
Nr Eccleshall,
Staffordshire,
ST21 6QU.
Tel: 01785 822 138.
A former water pumping station with two horizontal tandem compound steam engines, Lancashire boilers, Weir pumps and well head gear. Only static viewing…
Longlands Lane,
Brodsworth,
Nr Doncaster,
Yorkshire,
DN5 7XB.
Tel: 01302 330 430.
An impressive collection of restored stationary steam engines. In total around 18 steam engines & pumps are on display, the majority of which can be run…
Markfield Road,
South Tottenham,
London,
Greater London,
N15 4RB.
Tel: 01707 873 628.
Located in the remains of the Tottenham Sewage Works which now forms part of Markfield Park. The principal exhibit is the Victorian beam pumping engine…
Green Dragon Lane,
Brentford,
Greater London,
TW8 0EN.
Tel: 020 8568 4757.
It houses some of the world’s rarest working steam engines still in their original location and tells the incredible story of how the Victorians cleaned…
Lee Road, Cork, Co. Cork, IRELAND.
Located at the old Cork City Waterworks which was responsible for supplying water to the city of Cork over the past 300 years. The Waterworks is the best…
High Peak Junction,
Cromford,
Derbyshire,
DE4 5HW.
Tel: 01629 533 298.
Unique 1849 Graham & Co. beam engine pumps water from the River Derwent into the Cromford Canal. Steam supplied by two locomotive style boilers built by…
Kempton Park Water Treatment Works,
Snakey Lane,
Hanworth,
Middlesex,
TW13 7ND.
Tel: 01932 765 328.
Home to the world's largest triple-expansion steam pumping engine. Housed in a magnificent 1927 Art Deco building preserved as a steam heritage site, the…
Henderson Road,
Eastney,
Portsmouth,
Hampshire,
PO4 9JF.
Tel: 023 9283 4779.
An impressive Victorian building containing a pair of classic Boulton & Watt beam engines and pumps restored to their original 1887 condition. Not in steam…
Uncovers the craft and engineering skills that went into the building of Britain over the centuries. Fred Dibnah reveals the genius, the vision and the…
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