The Steam Museum

The Steam Museum
An Músaem Innealtóireachta
An Ingersoll Rand air compressor, Imperial Type 10 (c. 1912)[1]
Location within Ireland
Established 1988[2]
Location Lodge Park, Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland
Coordinates 53°18′42″N 6°35′56″W / 53.311715°N 6.598973°W / 53.311715; -6.598973Coordinates: 53°18′42″N 6°35′56″W / 53.311715°N 6.598973°W / 53.311715; -6.598973
Type steam museum
Public transit access Straffan bus stop (Bus Éireann routes 120, 121, 123)
Website steam-museum.com
Lodge Park "big house"

The Steam Museum & Lodge Park Walled Garden is a museum located in Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland.

Site

The Straffan Steam Museum is housed in a church which once stood by the Inchicore railway works in Dublin. It is located on the site of Lodge Park, a former "big house", and has an 18th century walled garden.

Collection

This steam museum contains a collection of prototype model locomotives and live steam engines.[3][4][5][6] Two of the locomotives were used in the late 19th century by the Great Northern Railway.

The museum has a selection of steam engines used for industrial propulsion, including a huge beam engine used in the Midleton whiskey distillery, a pumping engine employed in Jameson's distillery in Dublin, and a large beam engine installed in Smithwick's brewery, Kilkenny, in 1847.

Operations

The Museum is open to visitors from Wednesdays to Sundays during the summer, from 2pm to 6pm. It has a tea house offering tea and coffee, and light meals with pre-booking, and a small shop.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rootsofmotivepower.com/air-compressor-imperial-type-10-duplex
  2. ↑ Schulze, Marco (1 January 2007). "Museums of the World". de Gruyter Saur – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Campbell, Georgina; Heron, Marianne (1 January 2006). "Georgina Campbell's Ireland for Garden Lovers". Georgina Campbell Guides – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Steam Museum (Straffan, Ireland): Top Tips Before You Go - TripAdvisor".
  5. ↑ "The Steam Museum Kildare - Visitors Information". 10 August 2010.
  6. ↑ Mulvihill, Mary (1 December 2003). "Ingenious Ireland: A County-by-County Exploration of the Mysteries and Marvels of the Ingenious Irish". Simon and Schuster – via Google Books.
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