Wall Grange Pumping Station, near Cheddleton

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Date:1850 - 1860 (c.)

Description:Staffordshire Potteries Water Works Company's Wall Grange Pumping Station, built in 1849, was the first one locally to have provided water to Stoke on Trent. In the foreground a boy is fishing in the Endon Brook. This lithographic print was published shortly after its construction.

The two engine houses and steam pumps were called Stafford and Davenport. Davenport being converted to electric pumps in 1930s, and a new diesel back-up building constructed on the foundations of the Stafford pump house that was demolished completely. The remaining Davenport pump house has been converted into a private residence.

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Donor ref:D593-H-11-14 (201/46461)

Source: Staffordshire County Record Office

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