Behind the Scenes Tours of the Old Schwamb Mill Basements
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Schwamb Mill Director and engineer Robert Tanner and the Mill's tour staff will explain two 19th-century power systems at the Mill: the water turbine and the team engine.
While the engine is gone, the boiler remains, and the water turbine and governor can also be viewed up close.
Featured will be the:
-1872 high pressure boiler in Dry House
-Site of early 1870s steam engine in ca.
late 18th century barn
-Mill Building’s water turbine installed in 1883
Join us afterward in the Mill's annual exhibit of artifacts, photographs, and machinery: “OSM at 150+1: Artifacts, Photographs, Machines and Maps.”
The Mill is open regularly on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 11 am to 3 pm.
For more information, call 781-643-0554 or visit us online at www.oldschwambmill.org.
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Tours of the Mill from 11 am to 3 pm.
Behind the Scenes Tours from 2 to 3 pm
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Suggested Donation $5.00
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17 Mill Lane, Arlington, MA, 02476 map
Phone: 781-643-0554
17 Mill Lane, Arlington, Massachusetts. From Massachusetts Avenue, take Lowell Street to Mill Lane.
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