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Ryhope Engines Museum
Ryhope Pumping Station was built in 1868 for the Sunderland & South Shields Water Company, to supply water to the Sunderland area. The station ceased operation in 1967, and the building is now the Ryhope Engines Museum. The pumping station is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England. The volunteer-run museum contains two working Victorian beam engines, three 1908 Lancashire boilers, a blacksmith's forge, old plumbers shop, waterwheel, and a collection of steam engines and pumps.
The Ryhope Engines Museum is a visitor attraction in the Ryhope suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.
The Grade II* listed building is the most visited man-made landmark in Ryhope and is based at The Ryhope Pumping Station, operational for 100 years before closing in 1967.
The volunteer-run museum contains two Victorian beam engines, which are kept in working order by members of the Ryhope Engines Trust. The site is owned by Northumbrian Water, successors to the Sunderland & South Shields Water Company which built the complex in the 1860s.
The engines are a near identical pair of double-acting compound rotative beam engines by the local North East firm R & W Hawthorn of Newcastle - 'possibly the finest pair of compound beam engines in Great Britain'. Each beam weighs 22 tons and each flywheel 18 tons. Both engines can be seen fully operational and in steam on various weekends and bank holidays each year.
The museum also contains three 1908 Lancashire boilers (two of which are still in regular service), a blacksmith's forge, a waterwheel, numerous steam engines and pumps, a replica plumber's shop, and many items associated with waterworks. In addition, visitors arriving in the engine house are now able to see to the bottom of the 250-foot well shaft by means of a viewing panel inserted in the floor.
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ENGINE HOUSE AND BOILER HOUSE AT RYHOPE PUMPING STATION - Ryhope - List Entry
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ENGINE HOUSE AND BOILER HOUSE AT RYHOPE PUMPING STATION - Ryhope - List Entry
- "Engine house and boiler house for water pumping station. 1866-9. By Thomas Hawksley. For the Sunderland and South Shields Water Co. English bond brick with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roof …
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