Machell Street Hydraulic Power Station
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Machell Street Hydraulic Power Station
Image: © David Wright Taken: 24 Sep 2006
This is the earliest municipal hydraulic power station, 1876 by Henry Robinson. A single-storeyed building red brick building with arched openings surmounted by a reservoir. For the English Heritage IoE record of this building see http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=387485
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Image Location
Latitude
53.749392
Longitude
-0.334858