Pump House, Sudbrook
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Pump House, Sudbrook
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 8 Sep 2010
Viewed from Sudbrook Road. The pump house is at the northern edge of a large pumping station containing several buildings. The purpose of the station is to pump water from the Severn Tunnel. About half of the tunnel's 7 km length is below the River Severn. However, the main source of water leakage into the tunnel is from The Great Spring, a freshwater watercourse beneath the Severn. In 1879, during the construction of the Severn Tunnel, the works were completely inundated by The Great Spring flooding in at a rate of 360,000 gallons per hour. The pumps, originally steam powered, have been electrically powered since 1962.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.583281
Longitude
-2.714363