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Cornish Experience Weekend schedule |
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The Cornish Experience
Weekend has been designed to celebrate the life of the Victorian
pumping station, by operating all three of our magnificent restored Cornish
pumping engines.
Before the operation of each Cornish
engine, a short talk about the site and engines will be given.
The engines will operate to the timetable below:
| Engine | Start | Stop | Tower & Old Workshop open*
| 11.00 | 12.00 | Small Rotative Engines
| 11.00 | 17.00 | Easton & Amos Engine
| 11.50 | 12.15 | | 1820 Boulton & Watt Engine
| 12.15 | 12.45 | Tower open*
| 12.45 | 13.30 | 1846 Grand Junction 90" Engine
| 13.30 | 14.00 | | 1838 Maudslay Engine
| 14.15 | 14.45 | | Tower & Old Workshop open*
| 14.45 | 15.30 | |
Easton & Amos Engine |
15.00 |
15.15 | | 1846 Grand Junction 90" Engine
| 15.30 | 16.00 | | 1820 Boulton & Watt Engine
| 16.15 |
16.45 |
*Due to the nature of the handrails in the tower, we regret that children are not allowed to climb the tower.
Tower & Old Workshop
The Standpipe Tower
was built in 1867 and is the third to be built on the site. The Cornish engines
pumped water up the Tower and today you can go inside it during the times
listed above.
The Old Workshop was built in 1838, but was
seriously damaged by German bombs in 1918. During the times listed above you
can visit the Old Workshop to see some of the machinery demonstrated and to
find out more about its role in the working life of the site.
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