Baltimore Public Works Museum

751 Eastern Ave BaltimoreMD21202
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Exhibits, video presentations, imteractive computers, and streetscape, an outdoor maze of city underground infrastructure to explore. Hours are Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
by discoverourtown on December 30, 2007 from discoverourtown

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A short walk east of the Inner Harbor, this museum is an unusual collection of artifacts displayed in an unusual location: the old Eastern Avenue Sewage Pumping Station, built in 1912. Here you can examine several generations of water pipes, including wood piping nearly 200 years old. Other exhibits tell the history of such city services as trash removal. Outdoors, a life-size model reveals...
by fodors on July 03, 2012 from fodors

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One of Baltimore's many firsts is its Public Works Museum. Located in the Southwest quadrant of the Eastern Ave. pumping station, it is the first US museum dedicated to the history of municipal services. The building itself is a sight to see. The steel-frame, brick-face building is a collection of architectural styles with a Second Empire body, a Victorian copper roof, and a single large...
by superpages on November 05, 2013 from superpages