EVENT
Common Boston Architecture Festival
Waterworks Museum Open House Celebrating Boston Architecture and Public Spaces
June 4, 2017
11am–4pm
Visit the Waterworks Museum on the weekend of June 3-4 for a special, free open house in celebration of Common Boston 2017, the festival of architecture and public spaces in Boston. For more information on sites and venues, please visit www.CommonBoston.org.
Upcoming Events
Great Engines Hall
The centerpiece of the Waterworks Museum is its collection of steam engines. Three original coal-powered, steam-driven water pumps are preserved at the Museum and are monuments to 19th century technology and innovation. Leavitt, Worthington, and Allis stand in the Great Engines Hall and reach more than 3 stories tall. Walk around each and see the multitude of perfectly engineered parts that pumped million gallons of freshwater a day into the City of Boston.