Boughton Pumping Station, minor pump house (Davy House)
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Boughton Pumping Station, minor pump house (Davy House)
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 1 Dec 2019
Built 1905, originally housing 130 hp (97 kW) Davy horizontal engine and triple-expansion engine by Fairbairn Lawson Combe Barbour. Still in use for pumping, although converted to electric pumps in the late 1960s. Listed Grade II.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.215673
Longitude
-1.001705