EVENT
Special Access Tour: The Allis (SOLD OUT)
December 4, 2019
6:00 PM–7:30 PM
In celebration of its first operation as the workhorse of the Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping station in 1898, participants will be permitted special access to the Allis-Chalmers pumping engine. After a brief presentation about this massive machine, participants will be able to climb the upper decks and explore the 500 hp engine. They will also descend to the basement two-stories below ground level to view the pumps that delivered 30 million gallons of drinking water a day to the citizens of Boston. Docents will be on hand to answer questions. This is a ticketed event limited to 20 participants. $10 per person.
Update Nov. 10: Tickets are now sold out for this event! Keep an eye out for future special-access opportunities.
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Current Exhibit
Moving Water: From Ancient Innovations to Modern Challenges
Ancient civilizations engineered water systems that sustained communities for thousands of years. This exhibition spotlights six places that innovated ways to deliver, and control water for human use. It also looks at how climate change is impacting all of those places, forcing public officials to consider new ways to keep the water flowing.