Sudbrook Pump House
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Sudbrook Pump House
Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 22 Jul 2015
This building was built by T A Walker and his resident engineer A G Luke for the Great Western Railway. It was constructed in 1886 to house the six 70" Cornish beam engines by Harveys of Hayle which were needed to lift the complete flow of the Great Spring, which had flooded the Severn Tunnel workings in 1879 and 1883. It was the largest such engine house in the world. It is now Grade II listed. All six engines were still in situ in 1961 although only three were in steam, and these were replaced by electric pumps in that year. The Great Spring is still pumped continuously from the bottom of the 165' shaft and the water is supplied to the nearby paper mill.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.583559
Longitude
-2.712925