Steam Museum, Straffan
An Músaem Innealtóireachta | |
 AnIngersoll Randair compressor,Imperial Type 10 (c. 1912) | |
  Location within County Kildare | |
| Established | 1988[1] |
|---|---|
| Location | Straffan,County Kildare,Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°18′42″N6°35′56″W/ 53.311715°N 6.598973°W |
| Type | Steam museum |
| Public transit access | Straffan bus stop (Bus Éireannroutes 120, 121, 123) |
| Website | steam-museum |
The Steam Museum & Lodge Park Walled Gardenis asteam museumand tourist destination inStraffan,County Kildare,Ireland.
Location[edit]
The Straffan Steam Museum is housed in a church building which once stood by theInchicore railway worksin Dublin. The church building was later moved and rebuilt inStraffanin Kildare.[2]
The museum is located on the site of Lodge Park, a former "big house", which has an 18th-centurywalled garden.[3]
Collection[edit]
This steam museum contains a collection of prototype model locomotives and live steam engines.[4][5][6]Two of the locomotives on display were used in the late 19th century by theGreat Northern Railway.[5]
The museum also has a selection of steam engines used for industrial propulsion, including a large beam engine used in the oldMidleton Whiskey Distillery,a pumping engine once employed inJameson's Distillery in Dublin,and a beam engine installed inSmithwick's Brewery, Kilkenny,in 1847.[citation needed]
Operations[edit]
The museum is open to visitors from Wednesdays to Sundays during the summer, from 2pm to 6pm. It has a café and a small shop.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^Schulze, Marco (1 January 2007).Museums of the World.de Gruyter Saur.ISBN9783598206948.
- ^"The Steam Museum and Lodge Park Walled Garden".discoverireland.ie.Retrieved1 July2020.
The Steam Museum is housed in the Victorian Gothic church building moved from Inchicore in Dublin which was originally used by railway engineers
- ^"Lodge Park Walled Garden".kildareheritage.Kildare Town Heritage Centre.Retrieved1 July2020.
- ^Campbell, Georgina; Heron, Marianne (1 January 2006).Georgina Campbell's Ireland for Garden Lovers.Georgina Campbell Guides.ISBN9781903164143.
- ^ab"The Steam Museum Kildare - Visitors Information".familyfun.ie.10 August 2010.
- ^Mulvihill, Mary (1 December 2003).Ingenious Ireland: A County-by-County Exploration of the Mysteries and Marvels of the Ingenious Irish.Simon and Schuster.ISBN9780684020945.