Brunel pump house, Rotherhithe
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Brunel pump house, Rotherhithe
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 22 Apr 1989
This building and the adjoining shaft were used in the construction and drainage of Marc Brunel's Thames Tunnel - the world's first underwater tunnel. In the 1980s the museum housed here included this steam engine from Chatham Docks. It was a compound Vee engine that drove a vertical axis pump. It was built by the famous firm of J & G Rennie of London in 1885. Its slide valve cylinders were 20" & 32" x 20". It was later removed to Preston Services near Canterbury. In my experience in the UK, this is a unique survivor.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.501594
Longitude
-0.052952