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Me and @JakeV50 headed out to Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire to look at some more pump houses. Unfortunately, the day was full of disappointments once again but we did come across a couple of nice surprises. This report covers an Engine House which I found on old OS maps, and a pump...
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Another nice little pump house found by the so-called 'pump people' duo :D . It’s a fairly trivial one but it hasn’t been documented at all online so thought it would still be worthy posting it, rather than just leaving the photos on my computer for no one to ever see.
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After seeing @mingerocket's post on this site a couple of years ago, I decided to take a look myself while in the area. I’ve always liked the look of it with the electric motors and pumps being in great condition, and I like the pipes coming out of it going into the river...
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Another old Fenland pumping station I have been meaning to visit for quite some time now but I never got around to doing it. Finally decided to visit and commit to the long walk to get to it, turns out the walk wasn’t quite as long as I thought it would be.
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Another gem hidden away in the depths of the Norfolk countryside discovered whilst trawling through both old and modern maps. Being only a 40-minute drive away, I decided to head off to see what I could find, and it’s certainly a nice one with lots of see! Visited with @JakeV50...
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I had a few days off work so this week I decided to embark on another pump adventure heading towards The Fens. Unfortunately, like many recent visits, I didn’t have much luck. I’ve been keen to try the Oxborough station for a while now as it has been on my radar for years, even...
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Another lovely little pumping station I’ve now visited twice. Wasn’t happy with my first lot of pics due to the glaring sun so went back with @JakeV50 last month to reshoot as we were in the area.
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I’ve found it very difficult to pull any sort of historical...
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This is one of the first pumping stations me and @JakeV50 checked out on our various trips up to Fenland to discover these little industrial gems. This was one of Jake’s finds from a local heritage website and I’ve been looking forward to posting my take on the place.
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Back to the pumping stations with one of mine and @JakeV50's finds from a couple of months ago. Jake has already posted this one but I thought I would also share my take on the site.
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The Lower Padnal station was responsible for draining the Padnal and Waterden...
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You know the drill, me and @JakeV50 set off to try and cover some more of the old pump houses around Fenland. This day was a bit of a failure as we visited quite a lot of empty/inaccessible ones, but this one was definitely a highlight. In fact, this was my favourite find so far...
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Me and @JakeV50 spotted a chimney next to an active pumping station on the Norfolk Broads on satellite imagery, as it is fairly local to us we decided to take a look a few weekends ago. It didn’t end up being the most exciting place, but there were some interesting remains and a bit...
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Continuing our hunt for old pumping stations around the washes in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, me and @V50jake went to check out this and a few other sites last weekend. This is one I found on satellite imagery. It looks quite small on satellite imagery but was actually really nice...
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I saw a few reports on this place in the past, and although it’s effectively a rusting heap, I thought it looked quite picturesque and I liked the remains of machinery, so I decided to drag @V50jake along to this one on our recent trip to Merseyside.
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Me and @V50jake went on a recent trip to Buckinghamshire to look at a few pump houses and other places that we eventually managed to find. I found this one via a low-quality photo online, I expected it to either be well sealed or completely stripped but it was a lovely surprise to...