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Waterworks Museum

수도박물관

+82-2-3146-5921
seoul.go.kr

27, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul

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The Ttukdo Water Purification Plant (Waterworks Museum and Slow Sand Filtration Basin) was completed in August 1908. Construction first commenced in August 1906 as Americans C.H. Collbran and H.R. Bostwick were granted the rights by the Korean Empire to construct the waterworks facility. This was highly significant in that it was the first water purification plant ever built in Korea. At the time of the plants completion, it produced 12,500 tons of purified water to approximately 165,000 Seoul citizens. The Western-style brick mason building had a traditional clay tile roof and was 312.4㎡ in size. The water supply facility (currently renamed Waterworks Museum) and Slow Sand Filtration Basin are designated No.72 Tangible Cultural Asset of Seoul.

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Contact: • 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-2-3146-5921
Parking: Available (Individuals use nearby Seoul Forest Parking Lot / Groups use Ttukdo Arisu Water Purification Center)
Closed: Mondays, New Year’s Day, the day of Seollal (Lunar New Year’s Day) & Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving Day)
Admission: Free
Time needed: Course 1 - 90min
Course 2 - 50min
Course 3 - 30min

Updated 2016.04.24

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- Group: 10 people or more
- Inquiry: +82-2-3146-5935~5938

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[Subway]
Seoul Forest Station (Seoul Subway Bundang Line), Exit 3.
- Go straight along Wangsimni-ro for about 280m.

27, Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul

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Subway Line B Seoul Forest (서울숲) - 755.5m
Subway Line B Apgujeong Rodeo (압구정로데오) - 1161m
Subway Line 2 Ttukseom (뚝섬) - 1216.2m
Subway Line K Eungbong (응봉) - 1439m
Subway Line 2 Seongsu (성수) - 1577m
Subway Line 3 Apgujeong (압구정) - 1583.3m
Subway Line 2 Hanyang Univ. (한양대) - 1963.9m
Subway Line K Oksu (옥수) - 1989.5m
Subway Line 3 Oksu (옥수) - 1989.5m

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