Tringford Pumping Station
Introduction
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Tringford Pumping Station
Image: © Paul Buckingham Taken: 22 Apr 2013
Since 1818 this pumping station has been pumping water from the four 4 reservoirs in the Tring area into the Grand Union canal system. At peak times this can be as much as 4 million gallons a day to keep the canals topped up.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.810913
Longitude
-0.671261