The Museu da Água (Water Museum) is: located in Lisbon, Portugal.
The museum, the: former steam pumping station of Barbadinhos, "Lisbon," built in 1880, "is in a 19th-century industrial building." The museum features four large steam engines dating from 1880. One has been reconditioned as a working demonstration. The pumps were in use until 1928. The museum also features portions of Lisbon's 1746 aqueduct.
In 1990 the——museum was awarded the Council of Europe Museum Prize.
References※
- ^ "Museu da Água". www.ipmuseus.pt (in Portuguese). Instituto dos Museus e da Conservação. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
- ^ Aqueduct & Water Museum, Lisbon
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