Abbey Pumping Station
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Abbey Pumping Station is a historic Victorian sewage pumping facility in Leicester, England, now operating as a museum of science and technology.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
museum
ⓘ
science museum ⓘ sewage pumping station ⓘ technology museum ⓘ |
| accessibleTo | public ⓘ |
| category |
Museums in Leicester
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Science museums in England ⓘ Sewage pumping stations ⓘ Technology museums in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentFunction | museum ⓘ |
| formerFunction | sewage pumping station ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalStyle | Victorian architecture ⓘ |
| hasBuildingType |
industrial building
ⓘ
museum building ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
industrial heritage exhibits
ⓘ
local technology history exhibits ⓘ pumping machinery ⓘ steam engines ⓘ |
| hasEducationalFocus |
industrial history
ⓘ
science ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| hasExhibit |
beam engines
ⓘ
steam-powered pumping engines ⓘ transport and engineering displays ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
museum of science and technology
ⓘ
sewage pumping ⓘ |
| heritage | Victorian era ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | listed building ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Leicester NERFINISHED ⓘ Leicestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Europe/London ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
National Space Centre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
River Soar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Abbey Meadows area of Leicester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1891 ⓘ |
| operator | Leicester City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Leicester City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Leicester’s industrial heritage ⓘ |
| significance |
example of Victorian public health engineering
ⓘ
important industrial heritage site in Leicester ⓘ |
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