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BOSTON, UNITED STATES

Metropolitan Waterworks Museum - Great Engines Hall Tour

Explore our Great Engines Hall! Marvel at our three 19th and 20th century steam powered water pumps as you learn about the evolution and history of the Boston Water System. 

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2450 Beacon Street, Boston, MA, United States
Metropolitan Waterworks Museum - Great Engines Hall Tour
  1. Wooden Water Pipe - Life before the Public Water System
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  2. The Leavitt Pumping Engine - Our first machines and an impressive feat of engineering
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  3. The Allis Pumping Engine – A Powerful New Addition
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  4. The Worthington-Snow Pumping Engine – Small but Mighty
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  5. The Chestnut Hill Biological Laboratory - Water Treatment and Lack Thereof
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