Waddon Pumping Station - steam winch
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Waddon Pumping Station - steam winch
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 15 Jan 1983
A Clarke, Chapman horizontal duplex winch with a 5.5 ton working load. This was one of two in the basement. The floor plates had been removed to enable this one to be used to remove the bell crank from the adjoining pumping engine and install electric pumps in its place. On my earlier visits the winches had only been visible and accessible through the basement. Waddon was the last reciprocating steam engine waterworks in use and was formally decommissioned in mid-1983. The steam turbine sets at Hampton ran a little longer.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.358984
Longitude
-0.114305