Abbey Pumping Station

Abbey Pumping Station
Red-brick industrial building with tall chimney-stack
Abbey Pumping Station, Leicester Museum of Science and Technology
Abbey Pumping Station is located in Leicester
Abbey Pumping Station
Abbey Pumping Station
Location of the Museum in Leicester
Established1972 (1972)
LocationLeicester, United Kingdom
Coordinates52°39′18″N 1°07′50″W / 52.6550°N 1.1306°W / 52.6550; -1.1306
TypeScience and Technology Museum
Key holdingsSteam engines, 'interactive toilets', steam shovel, buses
ArchitectStockdale Harrison
Websiteabbey-pumping-station

The Abbey Pumping Station is a museum of science and technology in Leicester, England, on Corporation Road, next to the National Space Centre. With four working steam-powered beam engines from its time as a sewage pumping station, it also houses exhibits for transport, public health, light and optics, toys and civil engineering.


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