Eastney Beam Engine House
Eastney Beam Engine House is a Victorian engine house dateing from 1887 that contains two James Watt beam engines. [1] The pumps were built as part of a plan to improve Portsmouth's sewage system. [2] The other element of the plan was large holding tanks which held the sewage until the pumps could empty them into the ebb tide. The pumps have since been superseded by advancing technology but have been restored and are now open to the public. [2]
References
- ^ "Do things for free". Portsmouth City Council. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
- ^ a b Otter, R.A. (1994). Civil Engineering Heritage. pp. 156–167. ISBN 0727719718.
  | This article relating to a museum in the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |