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Pump House Steam Museum

Pump House Steam Museum

23 Ontario St. Kingston, ON K7L 2Y2, Kingston, Ontario
http://steammuseum.ca/
Summer Hours (until September 4): Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Free Open Lates - Thursday 5 - 8 p.m. Sunday 12 - 5 p.m. September 6 - November 26: Thursday & Friday 12 - 4 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Holiday Hours: December 10 & 11, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Museum is closed on Mondays and holidays.

The Pump House Steam Museum is located in one of Canada’s oldest original water works – where steam-powered pumps provided the first running water to Kingston residents from 1851. Only six similar preserved water pumping stations remain in North America.

The museum’s most incredible artifact is the museum itself – where the original pumps are animated and visitors can discover exactly how they worked. Guided or self-guided tours show how steam power was an essential element of the industrial development of Canada and pumped water played a key role in Kingston’s history.

Photo Credit: http://www.kingstonist.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/27aug_pumphouse.png

Text Credit: Site description from http://steammuseum.ca/about-us/, used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

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  • A fine, authentic museum.
    guestBook Guestbook/ alightstone/ Apr 9, 2017

    This is a great little museum to give people a sense of how water was pumped to homes and businesses in the 1800s.

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When was the Kingston Water Works Company incorporated?

February 7, 1970 July 1, 1867 May 30, 1849 January 1, 1812
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When was the Kingston Water Works Company incorporated?

February 7, 1970 July 1, 1867 May 30, 1849 January 1, 1812
NEWS FEED
  • A fine, authentic museum.
    guestBook Guestbook/ alightstone/ Apr 9, 2017

    This is a great little museum to give people a sense of how water was pumped to homes and businesses in the 1800s.

The Pump House Steam Museum is located in one of Canada’s oldest original water works – where steam-powered pumps provided the first running water to Kingston residents from 1851. Only six similar preserved water pumping stations remain in North America.

The museum’s most incredible artifact is the museum itself – where the original pumps are animated and visitors can discover exactly how they worked. Guided or self-guided tours show how steam power was an essential element of the industrial development of Canada and pumped water played a key role in Kingston’s history.

23 Ontario St. Kingston, ON K7L 2Y2, Kingston, Ontario
http://steammuseum.ca/
Summer Hours (until September 4): Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Free Open Lates - Thursday 5 - 8 p.m. Sunday 12 - 5 p.m. September 6 - November 26: Thursday & Friday 12 - 4 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Holiday Hours: December 10 & 11, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Museum is closed on Mondays and holidays.
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Photo: http://www.kingstonist.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/27aug_pumphouse.png

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