VICTORIAN waterworks which are a scheduled ancient monument opened to visitors for the first weekend of the year over Easter.
Tees Cottage Pumping Station museum, in Darlington, which features two original steam pumping engines still in full working order, are displayed on four weekends each year, attracting visitors from all over the region.
Over Easter, volunteers who maintain the engines, supported by Northumbrian Water, held an Easter trail and model train rides were also on offer for families.
The site, which was originally owned by Darlington Gas and Water Company, began to supply water to Darlington and the surrounding areas from 1850. It has been a museum since 1980.
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