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.

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.   

Read about how the City of Pawtucket and the Pawtucket School Department played an important role in making the Beneath The Breakers Tour possible, in this February 16, 2017 article from the Pawtucket Times.