Old pumping station

53°04′48″N 8°53′21″E / 53.080015°N 8.8893°E / 53.080015; 8.8893Websitewww.hansewasser.de

The Altes Pumpwerk or Old pumping station is located in Bremen in Germany. The disused sewage pumping station is now used as a museum showing the history of water treatment.

History

Historically the people of Bremen would tip their waste from their toilet windows into the river and this caused disease.[1]

The building was in use from 1913 to 1994 pumping sewage into the River Weser.[2] Initially the effluent was pumped into the river after very little treatment but later the waste products were cleaned first at a sewage treatment plant at Seahausen. A new pumping station was started in 1994 and this station was surplus to requirements. The museum was started by a group of volunteers including former employees in 1997. The museum won an award in 2010.

Description

The museum has many displays. It also has an entrance to the underground systems for water treatment.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pumphouses in Bremen (state).
  1. ^ The exhibition, Altes pumpwerk, retrieved 23 March 2014
  2. ^ Themenmuseen in Bremen, Bremen Tourist Office, retrieved 23 March 2014
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