The Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum is a museum based in Walthamstow, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is based in and around Low Hall Pumping Station, a Grade II listed building, originally built as a sewage pumping station in 1885.[1][2]
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| Location | Walthamstow London, E17 United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 51°34′36″N 0°02′04″W / 51.5767°N 0.0345°W |
| Director | Lindsay Collier |
| Public transit access |  St James Street |
| Website | www |
The museum focuses on the pioneering breakthroughs in road, rail, air and sea transport, that occurred in Waltham Forest and the surrounding area,. These achievements include the first British motorcar[3] and the first all British aircraft, which first flew from Walthamstow Marshes.[4]
The museum displays various artifacts, including AEC Routemaster buses, a pair of Marshall C class steam engines,[5] and various fire fighting vehicles.
Also included in the museum's collection is a decommissioned London Underground 1967 Stock Victoria line carriage that is frequently used as a film set, concert venue for Underground Lunchtime Recitals and as a supper club three nights per week.[6][7][8][9]
References
edit- ^ Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum. "History". Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "The Pump House". Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Bremer". Britainbycar.co.uk. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "WALTHAMSTOW: Historic celebration of AV Roe flight next Sunday". East London and West Essex Guardian Series. 2 July 2009.
- ^ "Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum | Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum". walthamstowpumphouse.org.uk.
- ^ "Walham Forest Cello Fest - the 7th Underground Lunchtime Recital". Walthamstuff. 13 October 2019.
- ^ Jenny, Scott (June 2015). "London Tubes: Unexpected locations of underground trains". BBC News. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Against eating on the tube? Not any more". Time Out. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Supperclub.tube, Dine on an old Victoria Line Tube Train". supperclub.tube.
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