Beijing Waterworks Museum

　　The Beijing Waterworks Museum was established in 2000 and is located within the Qingshuiyuan residential community on Dongzhimen North Street. The museum currently has three exhibition halls: the first part, "Pioneering Efforts and Dedicated Governance"; the second part, "Pure Springs Reflecting the Past and Present"; and the third part, "Booming Development After Reform and Opening-Up."

　　The Beijing Waterworks Museum

　　The Beijing Waterworks Museum is affiliated with the Beijing Waterworks Group. It is the first museum in Beijing to be funded entirely by an enterprise. It has now become a "Beijing Youth Science Education Base." The museum is built on the site of Beijing’s first historical water treatment plant—the Dongzhimen Waterworks. The main building of the museum is the original steam engine room (commissioned in 1910, standing 12 meters high with an area of over 600 square meters, equipped with two horizontal double-acting piston reciprocating steam engines that drove two water pumps with a total power of 441.6 kilowatts and a daily water distribution capacity of 18,700 cubic meters. Disinfected water from the plant was pumped through machinery here into the water tower and then flowed into the pipeline network by gravity.). In addition to this steam engine room, visitors can also see other nearly century-old buildings and facilities from the Dongzhimen Waterworks. The newly renovated steam engine room retains a rare example of European architectural style today. The exhibits inside—including physical objects, photographs, models, dioramas, and explanatory texts—provide a clear overview of the more than 90 years of development in Beijing’s water supply industry.

　　Source: Beijing Municipal Commission of Tourism Development