Old pumping station

Altes Pumpwerk

The museum in 2013

Established| 1913 (1913)
Location| Bremen 53°04′48″N 8°53′21″E﻿ / ﻿53.080015°N 8.8893°E﻿ / 53.080015; 8.8893
Website| www.hansewasser.de

The Altes Pumpwerk or Old pumping station is located in Bremen in Germany. The disused sewage pumping station is now used as a museum showing the history of water treatment.

## History

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Historically the people of Bremen would tip their waste from their toilet windows into the river and this caused disease.[1]

The building was in use from 1913 to 1994 pumping sewage into the River Weser.[2] Initially the effluent was pumped into the river after very little treatment but later the waste products were cleaned first at a sewage treatment plant at Seahausen. A new pumping station was started in 1994 and this station was surplus to requirements. The museum was started by a group of volunteers including former employees in 1997. The museum won an award in 2010.

## Description

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The museum has many displays. It also has an entrance to the underground systems for water treatment.

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pumphouses in Bremen (state).

1. ^ The exhibition, Altes pumpwerk, retrieved 23 March 2014
2. ^ Themenmuseen in Bremen, Bremen Tourist Office, retrieved 23 March 2014

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Bremen

Buildings and
structures|

* Aalto-Hochhaus
* Atlantis House
* Bremen Parliament
* Cotton Exchange
* Courthouse
* Ehemaliges Hauptpostamt (old post office)
* Deutsche Bank
* Essighaus
* Forum Domshof
* Glockenspiel House
* Heineken House
* House of the Seven Lazy Brothers
* Karstadt building
* Kontorhaus am Markt
* Landherrnamt
* New Town Hall
* Post Office
* Raths-Apotheke
* Rathscafé
* Robinson Crusoe House
* Schlachte Great Crane
* Schütting (Chamber of Commerce)
* Shipper's House
* Spitzen Gebel
* Stadtsparkasse Building
* Suding & Soeken Kaufmannshaus
* Stadtwaage (Weigh house)
* Stock exchange
* City Hall
* Weser Tower

Precincts|

* Böttcherstraße
* Bremer Marktplatz
* Domsheide (square)
* Domshof (Cathedral Court)
* Langenstraße
* Schlachte Embankment
* Schnoor (district)
* Teerhof
* Das Viertel
* Waterfront Bremen

History|

* List of mayors
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* Birgittenkloster (convent)
* Bremen Cathedral
* Church of Our Lady
* St. John's Church
* St. Martin's Church
* St Catherine's Monastery

Cultural
institutions|

* Am Wall Windmill
* Altes Pumpwerk (Water treatment museum)
* Die Glocke (concert hall)
* Bremer Philharmoniker
* Forum am Wall (library)
* Gerhard Marcks Museum (sculpture)
* Kunsthalle Bremen (art gallery)
* Ludwig Roselius Museum
* Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum (paintings)
* Rundfunkmuseum (Radios)
* Staatsarchiv Bremen
* Theater Bremen
* Theater am Goetheplatz
* Übersee-Museum (Natural History)
* Universum Science Center
* Weserburg (modern art)
* Wilhelm Wagenfeld House (design exhibitions)

Science and
education|

* University of Bremen
* Jacobs University Bremen

Transportation|

* Domsheide (trams and buses)
* Bremen Airport
* Bremen Hauptbahnhof

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