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Visiting Old River Station

Four of the World's Largest Steam Engines

ASCE National Historic Landmark

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Tour Guidelines and Accommodations

Time: 9:30 AM ? Noon: Arrive early and see many original tools and items used to build the engines.

Location: 5651 Kellogg Ave. Map Here Ample Free Parking

Contacts/Docents: Lee Hite: Volunteer (513) 240-1129 (Cell) leland.hite@

Larry Moster: Retired Assistant Superintendent 513-607-9798 larry.moster78@

Cost: Free ? we accept donations that fund this all-volunteer effort.

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Liability Waiver: All tour guest must complete a liability waiver. See example on last page.

Safety Requirements: Closed toe, closed heel and rubber sole shoes are required. Long pants recommended but shorts are acceptable. No leather soles, sandals, flip-flops or Croc-type shoes. Not a

Hard-Hat facility.

Photo ID Required: this is a secure and active industrial pumping station, so a photo ID is required at the guard gate (not required for children).

Age Requirement: No one under the age of 8. Under age 12, one (1) adult chaperone required for each (1) child under age 12. Adult supervision always required for all children .

Photo Policy: We welcome filming, photographing or videotaping for your own non-commercial use. Off limits for photography are the blue electric pumps and the electrical panel in the annex, but we know they may be in the background of your photo.

Group Photo: As a courtesy take-away we begin the tour with a group photo positioned in front of an engine and email the electronic image to you. No one is obligated to have his or her picture taken. On rare occasions, we may place a small version of the photo in brochure.

Walking and Stairs: The tour begins seated for about 20 minutes and the remaining 80 minutes are walking, one flight of stairs optional. The elevator can accept most wheelchairs.

Disability Accessible: Old River Station is not a disability friendly facility, but it is possible to have a wheelchair (not supplied) on the main engine room floor with limited mobility. An escort must push from behind all wheelchairs.

Acrophobia, Claustrophobia or Vertigo: please let us know ahead of time if someone has a fear of heights, confined spaces or easily becomes dizzy. They can still enjoy the tour, but we want to know ahead of time so we can accommodate.

No Heat or AC in the building: Typically, the winter temp is about 55 F and summer can reach 85 F.

No food or smoking inside the facility. No food provided. Water is available.

Restroom: We have a working unisex restroom (1950s style) but it is not disability friendly.

Directions to Old River Station

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From the I-275 take exit #72 (Route 52) and go North (seems like West) .7 mile on Kellogg Ave. to the Water Works entrance gate on the lefthand side. A guard will meet you at the gate to check your photo ID. A Google map link to Old River Station is Here.

Personal Items: Handbags, backpacks or briefcases are not encouraged on the tour. These items should remain in the visitor's vehicle.

Visitors find information on our website useful prior to the tour.

Downloadable articles about: Old River Station, Big Iron Museums and GCWW

? World's Largest Water Pumping Steam Engines (USA version) 6 Meg, PDF

? Pumping It Large In The USA (British version) 6.5 Meg, PDF

? Cincinnati's Richard Miller Treatment Plant: 10.5 Meg, PDF

? A Pocket Guide to Old River Station 5.6 Meg, PDF

? Big Iron Museums in the USA 30K, PDF

? Made In Ohio?Steam Powered Machinery Index (With Pictures) 9.7 Meg, PDF

Local Restaurants

Historic Sky Galley Restaurant & Bar 2 ? Miles Map Menu Recommended Located at the Lunken Airport 262 Wilmer Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45226

(513) 871-7400 Fax (513) 871-2790

Eli's BBQ Map Menu Parking Recommended, 3 Miles 3313 Riverside Dr. Cincinnati, OH 45226 Phone (513) 533-1957

Grove Park Grille Map Menu 2? Miles 6735 Kellogg Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45230 Phone (513) 452-8020

Lebo's Sports Grill Map Menu ? Mile 5869 Kellogg Ave. Cincinnati OH 45230 Phone: (513) 232-1763

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The Tour Will Include

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? Find out why Old River Station has been called "one of the world's best-kept secrets."

? View these colossal engines up close and discover the architectural wonder of the building that houses them!

? Learn how assembly of the pump house began at ground level before the structure was lowered by hand to 105 feet below grade.

? You will visit the engine house, the boiler house that supplied steam to the engines, along with the coal storage area and riverside coal handling dock.

? The tour will take you from near the top of the facility down 85 feet to the pump pit floor. You will stand among the four engines as they rest on 20-foot-thick wood caisson six feet under the floor of the Ohio River.

? Look inside the great pump chamber that moved a staggering 30,000,000 gallons of water every day for 57 years!

? Photographers are encouraged and will find a multitude of opportunities.

? Pose for a picture beside a monstrous flyball governor.

? Climb the spiral staircase at the end of the tour, up five stories returning to the engine room floor. Optional, you can always return top side using the elevator.

? Receive an official Cincinnati Triple Steam ? Museum Tour Stamp.

Other Unique Greater Cincinnati Attractions

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