Waterworks, Shaftesbury Avenue
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Waterworks, Shaftesbury Avenue
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 14 Nov 2008
Burton Joyce was the first station to pump water from boreholes to Nottingham. The first was sunk in 1898 with a further three, 480 ft deep, in 1908. This building dates from 1928 when electric pumps were built to replace steam engines.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.992046
Longitude
-1.026832