Baltimore Public Works Museum

Baltimore Public Works Museum is the first museum I have ever been to that gives the history of how waste management played a part in the growth technology to make your tap water safer and cleaner to use. The museum is actually really small considering the size of most museums, but it has more than enough space to go from wooden pipes to filtration systems. It is also interesting to note that the Public Works Building is itself a relic from the past only possible due to the technology evolving and allowing for smaller more effective pumps thereby clearing up the space for the actual museum. If you look up in most of the museum you will see ducts for coal which were used in the early years to supply energy to the pumping station.

It is still today an active pumping station and although there are 17 other pumping stations this one is the largest in the Baltimore area supplying water to the city and county areas. Also if you ask kindly and there are people able to take you to see the pumps that are used today it’s highly recommended.