The Steam Pump House (Dampfmaschinenhaus) (Potsdam)
Germany /
Brandenburg /
Potsdam /
Breite Straße, 28
World
/ Germany
/ Brandenburg
/ Potsdam
World / Germany / Brandenburg / Brandenburg
museum, pump, historical building
The Steam Pump House ("Mosque") is disguised within a building designed in the style of a mosque, along the water of the Neustädter Havelbucht.
It was built between 1841-1843 upon request of Frederick Wilhelm IV and under the direction of Ludwig Persius. It was used to pump the water from the Havel river up to the system of fountains in Sanssouci park. Inside the building a permanent exhibit provides information about the history of the building and the machine, a masterpiece of Berlin's 19th century mechanical engineering: the Borsig steam engine model of 1842.
It was built between 1841-1843 upon request of Frederick Wilhelm IV and under the direction of Ludwig Persius. It was used to pump the water from the Havel river up to the system of fountains in Sanssouci park. Inside the building a permanent exhibit provides information about the history of the building and the machine, a masterpiece of Berlin's 19th century mechanical engineering: the Borsig steam engine model of 1842.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°23'46"N 13°2'40"E
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- Louise Square (Luisenplatz) 0.4 km
- Great Military Orphanage 0.5 km
- Brandenburg Street 0.8 km
- Sanssouci Park 1.3 km
- Charlottenhof Palace 1.3 km
- Park Charlottenhof 1.4 km
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- Communs 2.2 km
- University of Potsdam Neues Palais Campus 2.4 km
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