Lisbon Electricity Museum (Museu da electricidade)





A superb museum in the former Tejo Power Station. Easily accessible by public transport (including suburban train) from central Lisbon
[1] Wikipedia entry for the museum
The preserved plant of the former Tejo Power Station includes four Babcock and Wilcox high pressure boilers dated 1941 and 1951, and two AEG turbine-alternators dated 1942. There are also coolers, circuit-breakers, blowers, filters, pumps, and coal handling eqipment. There are also generator sets and other equipment from other power plants, items associated with Lisbon’s public lighting, as well as household appliances of various periods and types.[1]