Cowhorn Hill Pumping Station
Introduction
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Cowhorn Hill Pumping Station
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 19 Oct 2019
This is an old colliery site that was redeveloped as a pumping station for the West Gloucester Water Co in 1910. There were two horizontal three cylinder compound pumping engines built in 1910 by Summers & Scott of Gloucester. Steam was superseded in the 1950s when the company was absorbed by the Bristol Waterworks Company. Permission has been granted to demolish these buildings. It is most unusual for the chimney to have survived and it is a shame it is all to be lost.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.446106
Longitude
-2.477098