Westnewton Wastewater Pumping Station
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Westnewton Wastewater Pumping Station
Image: © Matthew Hatton Taken: 24 May 2014
The stone plaque above the door reads: WIGTON DISTRICT COUNCIL, WEST NEWTON SEWAGE WORKS, 1937-38, TAYLOR & WALLIN, CIVIL ENGINEERS, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. Also found this info on the net: (Major William Wallin, a civil engineer & partner of the firm of Messrs. Taylor and Wallin, engineers. Newcastle, whoso home was Northumberland Avenue. Forest Hall, Newcastle. Died in a car crash on 22nd Sept 1934. "Yorkshire Evening Post")
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Image Location
Latitude
54.781651
Longitude
-3.351901