Waddon Pumping Station
Introduction
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Waddon Pumping Station
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 15 Jan 1983
These were the last reciprocating steam engines in service for pumping drinking water. By this time, this one had been replaced by an electric pump down the well and the new plumbing is seen in the foreground. The well pump bell crank can be seen to have been lifted clear and placed behind the cylinders. Official decommissioning was at a ceremony a few months later and some of my friends attended. The engine house has now been razed to the ground. The two engines survive - one at London Museum of Water and steam, Kew Bridge and the other at Strumpshaw Hall in Norfolk. See - Image and Image
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Image Location
Latitude
51.359074
Longitude
-0.114302