Trowse water pumping station shut down years ago, up until recently you could get inside and explore the property, now it’s boarded up with no entry site, due to a collapsing roof and floors.
The property has been bought by developers, but they haven’t submitted plans for it yet.
It’s...
This old Victorian pumping station is ten mins down the road from me and I tried it several times over a few years but always sealed. Then in 2016 the front building was open so me and my mate went for a look. It was locked down again in literally a few weeks. I went back a few months later and...
The tall red and black brick building known as Trowse Pumping Station lays within City of Norwich. Constructed 1865-1871 by Bazalgette to pump sewage from the North and South Interceptor Sewers to Whitlingham Sewage farm or into adjacent river using three beam engines which are now unfortunately...
History:
This tall red and black brick building was constructed in 1865 to 1871 by Bazalgette to pump sewage from the North and South Interceptor Sewers to Whitlingham Sewage farm. It was known as Trowse Pumping Station, and also pumped into the adjacent river using three beam engines. The...
A day spent just checking out leads for new sites with @Spark , and we decided to swing by here. We had looked plenty of times in the past to no avail. Not expecting much we walked around to the door even though we spotted 4 men looking at the building and were pleasantly surprised when we saw...
I first checked this out at least 5 years ago now but i didn't get into any of it back then. Its nothing amazing but seeing as we were in the area i thought it would be a good idea to go have a better look. The quoted history explains most of what you would need to know. The main station is used...