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- British_Engineerium abstract "The British Engineerium (originally named Goldstone Pumping Station, then Brighton and Hove Engineerium, before taking its present name in 1981) is an engineering and steam power museum in the West Blatchington area of Hove, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove, located just north of the Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium. It is housed in a 19th-century High Victorian Gothic complex of brick buildings which were erected in 1866 as a pumping station for the local water supply company. The Goldstone Pumping Station supplied water to the local area for more than a century before it was converted to its present use.At its greatest extent, between 1884 and 1952, the complex consisted of two boiler houses with condensing engines, a chimney, coal cellars, workshop, cooling pond, leat and underground reservoir. Situated on top of a naturally fissured chalk hollow, it provided vast quantities of water to the rapidly growing towns of Hove and its larger neighbour, the fashionable seaside resort of Brighton, for more than a century. As new sources of water were found elsewhere and more modern equipment installed to exploit them, the pumping station's importance declined, and by 1971 the Brighton Water Department had closed it and threatened the complex with demolition. An industrial archaeologist offered to restore the buildings and machinery in return for a lease from the Brighton Water Corporation, and a charitable trust was formed to enable this. Expertise developed by the Engineerium's employees and volunteers was exploited across the world: they founded museums, undertook restoration projects and trained young people in engineering heritage conservation. Another enthusiast subsequently bought the complex, and as of 2015 it is closed to the public while more restoration and extension work takes place.The High Victorian Gothic buildings are a landmark in Hove, and are a good example of the 19th-century ethos that "utility definitely does not equal dullness" in industrial buildings. Polychrome brickwork, moulded dressings and facings, decorative gables and elaborate windows characterise all the structures – even the 95-foot (29 m) chimney, which stands apart from the main buildings like a campanile. English Heritage has listed the complex for its architectural and historical importance, giving its structures five separate listings: the former boiler house and the chimney are both listed at Grade II* – the second-highest designation – and the former coal shed, the cooling pond and leat and the tall flint and brick wall surrounding the site each have the lower Grade II status.As well as the restored pumping station equipment, the complex has a wide range of exhibits: more than 1,500 were in place less than a year after it opened. These include a 19th-century horse-drawn fire engine, traction engines, veteran motorcycles, Victorian household equipment and old tools. A French-built horizontal steam engine dating from 1859 is the principal exhibit. The Engineerium has always used its exhibits to educate and promote the study of industrial history: it has been called "the world's only centre for the teaching of engineering conservation", and was central to the activities of the English Industrial Heritage Year in 1993. For many years, the larger and indigenous exhibits were fully operational and in steam at weekends.".
- British_Engineerium thumbnail British_Engineerium_(former_Boiler_House_and_Engine_Room_Building),_The_Droveway,_Hove_(IoE_Code_365677).jpg?width=300.
- British_Engineerium wikiPageExternalLink www.britishengineerium.org.
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- British_Engineerium architecture High_Victorian_Gothic.
- British_Engineerium built "1866".
- British_Engineerium builtFor "Brighton Hove and Preston Constant Service Water Supply Company".
- British_Engineerium caption "The former boiler house and engine rooms from the southeast".
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- British_Engineerium designation "Grade II".
- British_Engineerium designation "Grade II*".
- British_Engineerium designation1Date "1971-06-07".
- British_Engineerium designation1Number "1187600".
- British_Engineerium designation1Offname "Boiler and Engine House at British Engineerium;".
- British_Engineerium designation1Offname "Chimney 2 metres south of the Boiler and Engine House at British Engineerium".
- British_Engineerium designation2Date "1971-06-07".
- British_Engineerium designation2Number "1187601".
- British_Engineerium designation2Offname "Cooling Pond and Leat at British Engineerium;".
- British_Engineerium designation2Offname "Former Coal Shed at British Engineerium;".
- British_Engineerium designation2Offname "Walls enclosing British Engineerium".
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- British_Engineerium imageSize "250".
- British_Engineerium latitude "50.8442".
- British_Engineerium location "The Droveway, West Blatchington, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom BN3 7QA".
- British_Engineerium locmapin "United Kingdom Brighton and Hove".
- British_Engineerium longitude "-0.1758".
- British_Engineerium mapCaption "Location within Brighton and Hove".
- British_Engineerium name "British Engineerium".
- British_Engineerium subject Category:Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Brighton_and_Hove.
- British_Engineerium subject Category:Grade_II_listed_buildings_in_Brighton_and_Hove.
- British_Engineerium subject Category:Industry_museums_in_England.
- British_Engineerium subject Category:Infrastructure_completed_in_1866.
- British_Engineerium subject Category:Museums_established_in_1976.
- British_Engineerium subject Category:Museums_in_Brighton_and_Hove.
- British_Engineerium subject Category:Preserved_beam_engines.
- British_Engineerium subject Category:Steam_museums_in_England.
- British_Engineerium subject Category:Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_England.
- British_Engineerium subject Category:Water_supply_pumping_stations.
- British_Engineerium type Artifact100021939.
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- British_Engineerium type GradeII*ListedBuildingsInBrightonAndHove.
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- British_Engineerium comment "The British Engineerium (originally named Goldstone Pumping Station, then Brighton and Hove Engineerium, before taking its present name in 1981) is an engineering and steam power museum in the West Blatchington area of Hove, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove, located just north of the Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium. It is housed in a 19th-century High Victorian Gothic complex of brick buildings which were erected in 1866 as a pumping station for the local water supply company.".
- British_Engineerium label "British Engineerium".
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- British_Engineerium sameAs Q4969933.
- British_Engineerium sameAs Q4969933.
- British_Engineerium sameAs British_Engineerium.
- British_Engineerium wasDerivedFrom British_Engineerium?oldid=609831622.
- British_Engineerium depiction British_Engineerium_(former_Boiler_House_and_Engine_Room_Building),_The_Droveway,_Hove_(IoE_Code_365677).jpg.
- British_Engineerium homepage www.britishengineerium.org.
- British_Engineerium isPrimaryTopicOf British_Engineerium.