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Brunel Museum

Postby kiwi » Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:48 pm

The Brunel Museum is a museum in the Brunel Engine House, Railway Avenue, Rotherhithe, . The Engine House was designed by Sir Marc Isambard Brunel to be part of the infrastructure of the Thames Tunnel. It held steam-powered pumps used to extract water from the tunnel. Since 1961 the building has been used as a museum displaying information on the construction of the tunnel In 2006 the museum changed its name from Brunel Engine House to Brunel Museum.
Brunel Museum,Rotherhithe. 2007.jpg
Brunel Museum,Rotherhithe. 2007

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