 The old Abbey Mills Pumping Station The original Abbey Mills Pumping Station, in Abbey Lane, London E15, is a sewerage pumping station designed by Joseph Bazalgette and Edmund Cooper and was built between 1865 and 1868. It was designed in a cruciform plan, with an elaborate Byzantine style leading to its description as The Cathedral of Sewage. It has a twin south of the River Thames at Crossness, at the end of the Southern Outfall Sewer. The building was actually designed by Charles Driver, who was also responsible for Crossness pumping station on the south side of the river Abbey Mills Pumping Station, East London, UK Image by Atelier Joly November 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Abbey Mills Pumping Station, East London, UK Image by Atelier Joly November 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Memorial to Sir Joseph Bazalgette on Victoria Embankment Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (28 March 1819 – 15 March 1891) was one of the great Victorian civil engineers. ...
Edmund Cooper Prolific writer of poetry, short stories and science fiction novels. ...
1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...
1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
The 11th-century monastery of Hosios Lukas in Greece is representative of the Byzantine art during the rule of Macedonian dynasty. ...
The Thames (pronounced //) is a river flowing through southern England and connecting London with the sea. ...
Crossness is a place in south-east London. ...
The Southern Outfall Sewer was designed by Joseph Bazalgette after an outbreak of cholera in 1853 and The Big Stink. ...
The pumps raised the sewage in the London sewerage system between the two levels of Northern Outfall Sewer, which was built in the 1860s to carry the increasing amount of sewage produced in London away from the centre of the city. The building still houses pumps (to be used in reserve for the new facility next door). Sewage is domestic, municipal, or industrial liquid waste products disposed of via a pipe or similar structure. ...
In the early 19th Century the Thames was practically an open sewer, with disastrous consequences for public health in London. ...
The Northern Outfall Sewer was designed by Joseph Bazalgette after an outbreak of cholera in 1853 and The Big Stink. ...
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The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ...
Two Moorish styled chimneys (unused since steam power had been replaced by electric motors in 1933) were demolished during the Second World War, since they were a landmark for German bombers on raids over the London docks. 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
 The new Abbey Mills Pumping Station in 2004 Image File history File linksMetadata New_abbey_mills_pumping_station. ...
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The Modern Pumping Station
A modern pumping station has been built nearby and the old building has pumps for use as a standby; the modern station is one of the three principal London pumping stations dealing with fresh and foul water.
Currently (2005) one of world's largest installation of drum screens to treat sewage is being constructed, as part of Thames Tideway Scheme. Thames Tideway Scheme is being built to deal with storm overflows in London, UK. External links OFWAT Categories: UK buildings and structures stubs | London infrastructure ...
The site is managed and operated by Thames Water. Thames Water was founded in 1974 as an effect of the 1973 Water Act to control water supply in London. ...
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