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The Giants of Steam Weekend has been designed to celebrate the life of the Victorian pumping station, by operating our magnificent 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
Hathorn Davey Triple Expansion Engine
 11.15 15.45
Waterwheel 11.15 12.15
Diesel Engines
11.30
11.55
Boulton & Watt OR Maudslay Engine
 12.15 12.40
Bull Engine
 13.15 13.40
Waterwheel 13.45 14.15
Grand Junction 90 inch Engine
 14.15 14.40
Boulton & Watt OR Maudslay Engine 15.00 15.20

Old Workshop
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.

Open Close
Old Workshop
 11.30 12.00
Old Workshop
 15.15 15.45