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.
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.