Steam pump

On the border of the village of Pat and Dunaradvány, on the banks of the Danube, there is a rare technical monument, the steam pumping station built in 1897, which once served to pump and lift water in the area's inland water and water management. This facility consists of three main parts: the boiler house with a tall chimney, the engine room and the collection tank, and its internal equipment was manufactured by the Nicholson machine factory in Budapest, while the individual fittings were supplied by the Schlick factory. It operated for several decades, then was shut down in 1975, when newer, more modern pumping stations took over its task.

For decades, it was little known to the general public, but as a result of local volunteers and civil initiatives, the building and its equipment were restored and preserved as a technical monument. Today it operates as a museum: it can be visited and presents the operation of 19th century steam engine and pump technology, as well as how this type of facility helped with water regulation and inland water drainage in the Danube region.

The museum site is also special because rural and industrial technical artifacts rarely remain so intact, and most of the original structures are still visible to visitors today. The former steam engines, boilers and pumping equipment show the hardy engineering work of the time and how water was transferred in the areas along the Danube at the end of the 19th century.

The museum is partly kept open to visitors by volunteers, and special demonstrations or technical history presentations are often held, when interested parties can learn about the operation of the machines.