EVENT
Museum CLOSED Sunday 1/20
January 20, 2019
The Metropolitan Waterworks Museum will be CLOSED Sunday 1/20 due to the forecasted snowstorm. The museum will open again on schedule for Wednesday 1/23.
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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.