Invention and Engineering

Abbey Pumping Station

The Abbey Pumping Station is a museum of science and technology in Leicester, England, on Corporation Road, next to the National Space Centre. With four working steam-powered beam engines from its time as a sewage pumping station, it also houses exhibits for transport, public health, light and optics, toys and civil engineering.

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• ▸Gyroscope
• ▸Jovan Vladimir
• ▸Education in the Philippines during Spanish rule

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