Heapey Pumping Station
Recently, I went for a week away to the Lake District. Perfect excuse to have a look at some pins on the way there. A few weeks before I went, I spent many an hour searching for pumping stations along the route I would be taking. Marked them all and made the plan. The majority aren't worth mentioning, but this one was a surprise. Heapey pumping station is marked on maps as far back as 1888. It shows the station with an overflow well nearby also. As for history, that's as much as I can give. There were some papers inside the building from the 80s where calibrations and checks were completed. The latest entry was a substation inspection report which was dated November 2012
Inside the station were two electric motors, built by Electric Construction Company, who were based in Wolverhampton. They built electric pumps and motors from 1888 through to 1985 when they became part of the Hawker Siddeley Group, and the factory in Wolverhampton was subsequently demolished. The electric motors were driving Glenfield pumps. The motors and pumps were laid on older concrete bases which had plates from Frank Pearn & Co, suggesting there were some older engines in there supplied by that company at some point in the past.
I like how they were laid out, one each side with its own individual light above. An 11,000 volt transformer was also inside.
Recently, I went for a week away to the Lake District. Perfect excuse to have a look at some pins on the way there. A few weeks before I went, I spent many an hour searching for pumping stations along the route I would be taking. Marked them all and made the plan. The majority aren't worth mentioning, but this one was a surprise. Heapey pumping station is marked on maps as far back as 1888. It shows the station with an overflow well nearby also. As for history, that's as much as I can give. There were some papers inside the building from the 80s where calibrations and checks were completed. The latest entry was a substation inspection report which was dated November 2012
Inside the station were two electric motors, built by Electric Construction Company, who were based in Wolverhampton. They built electric pumps and motors from 1888 through to 1985 when they became part of the Hawker Siddeley Group, and the factory in Wolverhampton was subsequently demolished. The electric motors were driving Glenfield pumps. The motors and pumps were laid on older concrete bases which had plates from Frank Pearn & Co, suggesting there were some older engines in there supplied by that company at some point in the past.
I like how they were laid out, one each side with its own individual light above. An 11,000 volt transformer was also inside.
