Tees Cottage Water Pumping Station, Darlington

Victorian water pumping museum, with a steam powered Beam Engine and a 1914 gas engine, in operation and still pumping water from the River Tees

[Tees Cottage Water Pumping Station, Darlington @TeesCottage]

The management team regretfully announce the cancellation of our Easter Steaming and will monitor the situation regarding our May Open Weekend due to the current health crisis caused by Covid-19.

The museum will remain closed until further notice. Stay safe! 💙

[Tees Cottage Water Pumping Station, Darlington @TeesCottage]

Great work by our friends at NW! 💙

[Northumbrian Water @NorthumbrianH2O]

From a scouring pad and a toothbrush to our biggest catch of the day – a car tyre: just some of the strange items collected by our people taking part in volunteer beach cleans! 😳

A big shout-out to our amazing 200 plus people and partners!

Full story: https://t.co/HGzLOcBEhU

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Anyone else had more than 200 of their people volunteering in beach cleans this past week and donating over 1,000 hours of people power to help improve the environment? 👀🙌

We’ve 💯 got the #FridayFeeling and we’re so proud of our people.

Full story: https://t.co/EOI5kwbSWg

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Shout-out to our team of people for getting their hands dirty to help the spectacular @TeesCottage 👏🏻

Our people helped out through our employee volunteering scheme, Just an Hour, to support the amazing museum volunteers with general site tasks.

More 👉🏻 https://t.co/KPKccPEpGb

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Meet our wastewater technician by day & NHS volunteer by night! 💙

Marc’s regularly helping out at @MowdenPark Vaccination Centre, through our employee volunteering programme.

Shout-out to our team of 70+ volunteers & everyone helping in the battle against coronavirus. 👏🏻🤲🏻

[Tees Cottage Water Pumping Station, Darlington @TeesCottage]

Well done @NorthumbrianH2O! Top work by your people to support the North East community and also here in Darlington! 💙

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Shout-out to our fab water workers, who are volunteering to help with the #NorthEast vaccination rollout! 💙

Over 70 of our people are volunteering through our employee volunteering programme to help support the incredible work of @NewcastleHosps 👏🏻

>> https://t.co/of4HD3VWzm

[Tees Cottage Water Pumping Station, Darlington @TeesCottage]

Great opportunity here to work at Kielder... anyone interested or know someone who is? ⬇️

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Last call for applications! 🚨

Fancy working at the stunning Kielder Waterside Park or know someone that does? 😍

We’re looking for an Activities Assistant and we need your help in finding the right person, so get tagging folks! 💙

Apply here: https://t.co/I8MuLTbVaZ

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We’ve raised over £2,500 for cancer charity, @FACTCancer , which helps & supports anyone affected by cancer.

77 food hampers have also been donated to help local cancer victims & their families over Christmas.

Full story: https://t.co/L9pxnUeKo0 ❤️

#ProudOfOurPeople #H2OHoHo

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Shout-out to our people who have stepped up to the plate to collect food supplies to support local families here in the #NorthEast! 💙🙌

Hundreds of items of food have been donated to charities to help anyone in need.

➡️ Full story: https://t.co/q8l18ss6j1

#ProudOfOurPeople

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🚨#NEWS! 🚨

Our #environmental funding scheme, Branch Out, has invested more than £530k and helped 131 different projects since it was launched in 2013! 🙌💙

…And the great news doesn’t stop there!

➡️ Full story here: https://t.co/JjYimrKRQ9

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We love our new flooring! 🤓

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A #NorthEast Victorian waterworks is beaming from top to toe after a recent investment! 💙

The spectacular @TeesCottage has had the full flooring inside the West Engine House replaced and a host of other refurbishment work carried out.

Full story: https://t.co/LGDyRNqi8C

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Here’s an old clip of the spectacular @TeesCottage starting up, which normally would have being happening this weekend! 😭

Back in the day, this Victorian waterworks supplied 7,728 litres of water per minute.

Start your FREE virtual tour 🤓 >> https://t.co/IETGZXoXxs

[Tees Cottage Water Pumping Station, Darlington @TeesCottage]

Don’t get jealous of our big BUTT! 😜

#EveryDropCounts

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It’s forecast rain so make sure you get those BUTTS out like @TeesCottage has, the bigger the better!

No ifs, ands, or butts about it - they’re a great way of collecting rainwater, ideal for your gardening activities. 💚

They can help save water and money. #EveryDropCounts

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How do you like your face in the morning? We like ours feeling fresh!💙 Meet our Aimee, who will be showing you some reusable alternatives to single-use wet wipes this week and putting them to the test! #BinTheWipe

[Tees Cottage Water Pumping Station, Darlington @TeesCottage]

Please bin the wipe and ask friends / family to do the same. Thank you

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I spy with my little eye - something beginning with, ‘W’ ?

We collected a skip full of ‘em in 4 days at one of our sites! 😳

Some products state they are ‘flushable’ & you can clearly see they aren’t!

We will continue to push for change BUT in the meantime please #BinTheWipe

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Meet our latest blockage busting tool - the Barbarian - and here it is in action! 🙌

Wrongly flushed wet wipes block pipes! They cause sewer blockages = Raw sewage flooding to homes + Communities + Pollution to the environment.💔

Please #BinTheWipe

#WorldEnvironmentDay

[Tees Cottage Water Pumping Station, Darlington @TeesCottage]

Proud of our volunteers - past and present! 💙💙💙

#TeesCottageFamily #VolunteersWeek

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We’re PROUD of the fab volunteers at
@TeesCottage and @RyhopeEngines 💙

Each year, they donate a combined total of over 50,000 hours to help us preserve these historic monuments for generations to come! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Here’s some of our favourite snaps, say cheeeese!

#VolunteersWeek

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Sewer hero by day, inventor by night! 🙌

Here’s our Steve with his latest gadget to help in the battle against wet wipes blockages.

We LOVE this new piece of kit BUT we just need a name for it… (HELP?!)

What would you call this spiky device? Suggestions in comments please

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Love this! 💙

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#ThrowbackThursday to 1866 when the beams were fitted @RyhopeEngines

The transportation of the beams was not without its problems!

The River Wear had to be crossed with 44 horses pulling each beam & the Toll Keeper refused them.

What happened next? > https://t.co/4zkUI10T9a

[Tees Cottage Water Pumping Station, Darlington @TeesCottage]

We love this... Great video of our George and Dave! 💙

#InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2020

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Here’s an old clip of volunteers, George & Dave, starting up the spectacular @TeesCottage

Back in the day, this Victorian waterworks supplied around 7,728 litres of water per minute to Darlington (enough to fill around 45 standard bath tubs 🤓)

#InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2020

[Tees Cottage Water Pumping Station, Darlington @TeesCottage]

Happy #InternationalMuseumDay to all the museums around the world! 💙

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Shout-out to ALL the museums this #InternationalMuseumDay #IMD2020

Our very own @TeesCottage @RyhopeEngines are superb examples of Victorian engineering

We’ll be 1st in line when they re-open BUT for now enjoy FREE virtual tours https://t.co/ABKtnxectU & https://t.co/W883LMGMYj