2016
SP0188 : New Smethwick Pumping Station - Brasshouse Lane
taken 8 years ago, near to Smethwick, Sandwell, England
New Smethwick Pumping Station - Brasshouse Lane
The pumping station opened in 1892 to lift water from Telford's New Main Line to the higher Old Main Line to restore water lost from operation of the Spon Lane and Smethwick Locks. The station which replaced two Boulton and Watt pumping engines also became redundant as canal usage reduced in the 1920s.
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