Huntington Pumping Station, Huntington

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Date:1910 - 1920 (c.)

Description:The station was built by the South Staffordshire Water Company between 1876 and 1880.

In front of the Main Building are the steam operated beam pumping engines, with the chimney to the left-hand side.
Below the building was an 18 feet in diameter red brick-lined well, from which 6 feet square heads, 100 yards long accessed the coal seams that Littleton Colliery worked. The water from these seams then supplied the well for the South Staffordshire water system, which in turn supplied both industry and the local populous. The station closed in the 1970s and was demolished in the mid 1980s.

Since 1989 the site has been occupied by Naden House, sheltered accommodation for elderly people. Naden House was named after Henry Naden, the Birmingham-based architect who designed the waterworks.

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Creators: Mr H. Morrell - Creator

Donor ref:2000.0001.00002 (21/3996)

Source: Museum of Cannock Chase

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