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The Steam Museum & Lodge Park Walled Garden is a
steam museum
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and tourist destination in
Straffan
Straffan (variously ''Teach Srafáin'', ''Strafáin'' or ''An Cluanini'' in Irish) is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, situated on the banks of the River Liffey, 25 km upstream of the Irish capital Dublin. As of the 2016 census, the vi ...
,
County Kildare
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,
Ireland
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Location
The Straffan Steam Museum is housed in a church building which once stood by the
Inchicore railway works
Inchicore railway works, also known locally as 'Inchicore' or 'The Works', was founded by the Great Southern and Western Railway in 1846 and emerged to become the major engineering centre for railways in Ireland. Located west of Dublin city ...
in Dublin. The church building was later moved and rebuilt in
Straffan
Straffan (variously ''Teach Srafáin'', ''Strafáin'' or ''An Cluanini'' in Irish) is a village in County Kildare, Ireland, situated on the banks of the River Liffey, 25 km upstream of the Irish capital Dublin. As of the 2016 census, the vi ...
in Kildare.
The museum is located on the site of Lodge Park, a former "big house", which has an 18th century
walled garden
A walled garden is a garden enclosed by high walls, especially when this is done for horticultural rather than security purposes, although originally all gardens may have been enclosed for protection from animal or human intruders. In temperate c ...
.
Collection
This steam museum contains a collection of prototype model locomotives and live steam engines.
Two of the locomotives on display were used in the late 19th century by the
Great Northern Railway.
The museum also has a selection of steam engines used for industrial propulsion, including a large beam engine used in the old
Midleton Whiskey Distillery, a pumping engine once employed in
Jameson's Distillery in Dublin, and a beam engine installed in
Smithwick's Brewery, Kilkenny, in 1847.
Operations
The museum is open to visitors from Wednesdays to Sundays during the summer, from 2pm to 6pm. It has a café and a small shop.
References
External links
Official site
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Steam museums
Museums in County Kildare
Tourist attractions in County Kildare
1988 establishments in Ireland