Article ID: CBB818214406

The Kingston Pump House Steam Museum and the Frontenac Society of Model Engineers: A Case Study in the Role of the Local Enthusiast (1980)

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The most successful preservation efforts usually combine with a significant historical resource these elements: a local interest group willing to supply the initial muscle and future expertise on a voluntary basis, plus government programs to supply suitable advice and financial aid. The product can be a valuable economic and cultural resource for a community. A case in point is the story of the formation and development of a steam museum in Kingston, Ontario. The museum provides productive work and tourist dollars for a city pulling out of serious economic decline. It has demonstrated an enormous potential to attract, entertain, and educate the public, and to promote the City of Kingston in the entire Lake Ontario and Thousand Islands tourist region. And too, the success of the museum has not only halted the trend toward demolition of the once-busy Kingston waterfront, it has contributed generally to fostering positive attitudes towards conservation of the industrial side of Kingston's remarkable historic environment. [First paragraph]

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Authors & Contributors
Passfield, Robert W.
Roberta Wingerson
Caspar Andreas Jørgensen
Pedersen, Morten
David A. Poirier
Thomas E. Leary
Concepts
Industrial archaeology
Historic preservation
Cultural resource management (CRM)
Industrial heritage
Buildings, Industrial
Monuments
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
Places
Canada
United States
New Hampshire (U.S.)
Great Britain
New Haven, Conn.
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
Institutions
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
Western Museum of Mining and Industry
Landmark Trust (Great Britain)
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
UNESCO
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