Initially, used as the chief engineer’s quarters during the construction of Willington Island during the colonial era, this mansion has now been converted into a museum by the Cochin Port Trust to highlight the maritime heritage of the city of Kochi.The Cochin Port Trust Maritime Heritage Museum displays include devices related to sea voyage and navigation that were used in different periods of time and a rare collection of photographs related to the evolution of Kochi (then Cochin) as a port city since the colonial interventions.

For instance, the photograph taken when the first train arrived at the harbour terminus in the island and the one clicked during the construction of old Mattancherry Bridge have many stories of the time to tell. Some other photographs on display are those of the construction of Venduruthy Railway bridges, the Mattanchery Bridge and wharves, the arrival of first train at Kochi, the residence and the car of Robert Bristow, reclamation of Ernakulam foreshore and the Mattanchery shore lined up with boats from Alleppey. Other artefacts include models of a mariners’ clock, a mechanical calculator, an underwater searching tool and a steering unit, among others.

Some information sourced from http://cochinport.gov.in/pdf/Leaflet.pdf