Date:1960 - 1970 (c.)
Description:Cresswell Pumping Station was built between 1927 and 1932 by the Staffordshire Potteries water Board . It was officially opened in July 1932 and contained a pair of steam engines which were amongst the last to have been installed in the country. They were triple-expansion vertical steam-engines, designed by Hathorn Davey & Co Ltd, Leeds. They were replaced by electric pumps in the 1950s. The station closed in the late 1970s and much of the site has since been demolished.
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Cresswell Pumping Station was built between 1927 and 1932 by the Staffordshire Potteries water Board ...
The entrance to the engine house at Cresswell Pumping Station. Cresswell Pumping Station was built ...
Interior view of the engine house at Cresswell Pumping Station, showing a triple-expansion rotary steam ...
View of Cresswell Pumping Station from the south. Cresswell Pumping Station was built between 1927 ...
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Creators: County Archaeology Department - Creator
Donor ref:C/P/65/7/1/13/21/2 (43/13483)
Source: Staffordshire Record Office
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