Curry Moor Pumping Station - impeller
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Curry Moor Pumping Station - impeller by Chris Allen as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Curry Moor Pumping Station - impeller
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 3 Jun 1989
This is the impeller of the Appold centrifugal pump that was driven by the adjoining vertical duplex steam engine - Image This design dates to 1849 and was popular for land drainage pumps on the Somerset Levels and in Norfolk. Unfortunately this particular artefact has since been stolen.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
51.054788
Longitude
-2.936339