Easter Steaming Weekend and Classic Car Event (Sunday)

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Easter Steaming Weekend and Classic Car Event (Sunday)

Friday 14 to Monday 17 April

Ryhope Engine Museum

Ryhope

11am – 4pm

FREE

 

HERE FOR THE HOLIDAY? 

Sunderland Students' Union recommends:

 

See Ryhope Engines Museum's huge 100 horsepower steam beam engines in action from Friday 14 to Monday 17 April. The Museum is regarded as one of the finest industrial monuments in the North East of England, and is in a Grade II (starred) listed building.

    

The Ryhope Engines Museum is based on the Ryhope Pumping Station which was built in 1868 to supply water to the Sunderland area. The station ceased operation in 1967 - after 100 years of continuous use.

 

The Museum is now regarded as one of the finest industrial monuments in the North East of England, and is in a Grade II (starred) listed building. Although the station no longer pumps water, the two 100 horsepower beam engines are kept in working order by volunteer members of the Ryhope Engines Trust, and 'steamed' periodically for the benefit of our visitors.

 

In addition to the beam engines, built by R & W Hawthorn, are three 'Lancashire' boilers of 1908, two of which are in regular use, a blacksmith's forge, a waterwheel, numerous steam engines and pumps, waterworks accessories such as depth recorders, and many items concerned with the distribution and uses of water in home and industry

 

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