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I dropped by here on the off chance that a water turbine, last pictured in 1982, was still there - but it wasn’t and the building is now just an empty playground for local children. Nevertheless here are some pictures since there don’t seem to be any from the last few decades. History. The site...

Another collection of small places pumping water but not powered by it, in alphabetical order from a folder where they accumulate. Ashwicke. The pump house appears on maps between 1899 and 1919, near some previously reported hydraulic rams. Here we have the remains of an electrically driven...

pretty easy way in but the building was falling apart trashed by dust and scrap metal from the building 3 large pumps to pump water from the river overall pretty cool video is up on tiktok too

Purl's Bridge Pumping Station At the end of last year, @Wastelandr @dansgas1000 and I did a short Fenland pump house gala in which we visited Southery pump house along with Purls Bridge pumping station. We had a look at a couple of other big active stations in the area too, just to marvel at...

The Graving Docks Pump House in Birkenhead stands as a substantial reminder of the town’s nineteenth-century maritime power and engineering ambition. Constructed to serve the adjacent graving, or dry, docks, the building formed a crucial part of the dock complex that supported ship repair and...

Built between 1864 and 1899 there were 3 graving or dry docks here originally although 2 were filled in at some point. The pumphouse would have been used to pump the water out of the docks to allow work on the ship inside. The pumps would have originally been steam powered and a chimney can be...

Ive seen a few have uploaded some pump stations on here, so thought i'd stick this one up as some may find the few bits and bobs in here interesting! I didn't think it warranted a report, but there seems to be some loony bins like me who like a good pumping station even if there half empty, so...

Introduction One I had forgotten to post! A nice old pumping station based in the Somerset Levels which I visited back in October 2024. I originally put a few pics of this in the photo thread a while back, but I managed to find some history on it so thought it was worthy of making a standalone...

First post ( please be gentle) after being long time lurker, enjoyed many visits after seeing reports on here, so thought I'd give a little back. Never seen this reported so here goes... Explore For at least 5 years on one of my local weekly walks I've passed 2 overgrown abandoned buildings...

Another one from our recent trip to Italy, the country that keeps on giving. This one is an old pumping station in a fairly dilapidated state. There is no history to be found, but a small part of the roof was partially-collapsed prior to 2003, half-collapsed by 2015, and some more of it was gone...

Introduction Stylish exterior shot of the pumping station (sorry about the HDR artefacts at the top of the image). After a short break from urbex following an injury — during which I visited several sites not worth documenting — I finally found this little gem while exploring the French...

As the last derelict pump house on the canal this had to be attempted even though it’s always looked rather secure, and indeed I couldn’t get in. So a mini report with just a couple of phone pictures taken through a crack to see what was inside. What we have here is probably a...

I originally went to look at a pump house, but it was empty so I downloaded a few maps, skimmed the Historic England listing and spent the rest of the day looking at the remains of the lead mines that surround it. The pump house is circled in red below, with the four main mining areas in white...

More pumps by R A Lister and Co, byproducts from trips looking for water- or wind-powered pumping equipment. I won’t repeat the background from the previous post (# 14), but Lister are probably best known for their engines although they made all sorts of stuff, including pumps. Their...

Smurfit Kappa Pump Station Cant find a lot about this place, i thought it had been covered before but cant find report so anyone feel free to link it? There is lots of history of the paper mills that have been on this site for many years here THE PAPER MILL: EARLY HISTORY, the current...