Victorian Pumping Stations (Trevor Yorke)

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CONTENTS THE VICTORIAN PUMPING STATION THE BUILDINGS STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS AND PUMPS WATER WORKS SEWERAGE WORKS MINES, LAND DRAINAGE AND HYDRAULIC POWER PLACES TO VISIT THE VICTORIAN PUMPING STATION Steam-powered pumping stations with their rich decorative architecture and mighty beam engines are amongst the most distinctive and important buildings of the nineteenth century. They were built to drain agricultural land and improve production, top up the water in canals to keep commercial traffic…