Old Pumping Station, The Ropewalk, Nottingham
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Old Pumping Station, The Ropewalk, Nottingham
Image: © Andrew Abbott Taken: 17 Apr 2010
A brick-built waterworks pumping station in the Early English style, with brickwork laid in English bond with diaper work, stone lancet windows, square corner tower, buttresses and corbelled parapet. Built by Thomas Hawkesley in 1850 for the Nottingham Waterworks Co. This building was the first of a series of pumping stations built to extract water from artesian wells to supplement the city's water supply. It only worked from 1850 to 1880, when the Corporation took over control of water supply. It was last used as a garage.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.955135
Longitude
-1.161332