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Beneath the Breakers Tour

  • 07 Feb 2018
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • The Breakers, 44 Ochre Point Road, Newport, RI 02840

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"Beneath The Breakers Tour

A New Underground Tour  -  Never-Before-Seen!

 

Explore the underground tunnel, boiler room and basement of The Breakers!  

You'll see and learn about the new domestic technology that transformed daily life, including

• The development of electricity and how it changed the Gilded Age;
• The emergence of the modern elevator;
• The revolutionary infrastructure that heated and cooled the great house;
• The modern plumbing & laundry facilities that affected attitudes about hygiene and cleanliness

And you'll hear about the house engineer whose detailed daily journals have helped us understand how it all worked.

Based on research by Preservation Society staff and period documents, the tour shares with visitors how the house changed with the times as domestic technology evolved through the Gilded Age and into the 20th century.


Tour space is limited to 15 members.

Admission: Preservation Society members $15, general public $20, children 6-17, $10.

Payments will be made individually at the mansion, but toured as a group.

This is an underground experience in a historic structure.  You will pass through some enclosed spaces.  This tour is not handicapped accessible. Comfortable, flat shoes are recommended."

Maybe after, we could plan a lunch.


MSON is a private, non-profit, and social organization that meets the requirements of 501(c)(7). It is not a part of or represent the views the Newport Naval Station,

the United State Navy, the Department of Defense or any of its components and has non-governmental status. 

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