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We are Passionate about your Water Pumping Heritage<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>
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Great Steam Engines<\/h2>\n

In the 1960s many of our Victorian and Edwardian engineering masterpieces were demolished. Fortunately some survived, the Giants of Brede offer a chance to return to the \u2018good old days\u2019 and see the past in action!<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Bunker<\/h2>\n

Discover Brede\u2019s very own secret Bunker! Glimpse into England\u2019s dramatic past and learn what living conditions were like under constant threat. See how the Country prepared for the Cold War.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Try Our Working Pumps!<\/h2>\n

Children and the young at heart will have bundles of fun getting to grips with our smaller pumps that demonstrate how water is moved around. Come and try the pumps for yourself<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Points of Interest<\/h1>\n<\/div>
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British Engineering at its Best<\/h2>\n

Nowadays you take it for granted that when you turn on the tap, out comes good quality water, but how is it moved around? We have several engineering masterpieces which can show you how.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Water Education<\/h2>\n

The heritage site offers the chance to enjoy artifacts from an earlier age. People of all ages come to study the skills of earlier years. The perfect attraction for a group or school visit!<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Tangye Tea Bar<\/h2>\n

Fancy a cuppa? Our Tangye Tea Bar offers light refreshments and the all important range of homemade cakes. Peruse our selection of souvenirs including the unique range of postcards produced by our resident artist, David.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Brede Water Heritage site offers a fantastic opportunity for Schools and Colleges to tap into a wide range of associated subjects all linked by the common thread of Water.<\/span><\/h3>\n

For example, water pumping is merely one element of the Water Cycle. Everyone needs safe water to live by. We ‘borrow’ it from the environment, we clean it, we purify it, we distribute it, we use it and then we return most of it through sewerage systems that lead to treatment works and then back into the environment. It is a truly self sustaining commodity!<\/span><\/h3>\n

This initiative could develop into a valuable illustration of ‘hands on’ education at work for children and students. It embraces environmental, technical, scientific, artistic, heritage and social inputs all set within an engineering context. Would you like to be part of it? We can tailor any aspect to suit specific curricula.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>
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ORIGINS<\/h1>\n

The story really begins in 1900 when the rapidly growing town of Hastings outstripped its traditional sources of water and the Borough Council was obliged to prospect for new sources further afield. It resulted in a new water treatment works in the Brede Valley and required large steam driven pumps and a pipeline six miles long to take the drinking water to Hastings.<\/p>\n

Nowadays the provision of safe drinking water into everyone\u2019s home is often taken for granted, but we all need water in order to survive. It is a fascinating story and we would be delighted to tell you more about it using the British Engineering Heritage that is on display. We consider this to be \u2018sheer poetry in motion\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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THE SOCIETY<\/h1>\n

The Society has become the home of the Brede Steam Giants. They are huge 35 feet (10.7 m) high water pumping engines that were capable of delivering up to 3.5 million gallons of drinking water every day to the growing town of Hastings.<\/p>\n

Additionally you can see these engines, and many different water pumps in operation during our public open days throughout the year and our expert guides will be on hand to tell you more about it.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Just A Few Of The Things You Will See At Brede<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>
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