2006

SK5806 : Abbey Pumping Station

taken 17 years ago, near to Leicester, England

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Abbey Pumping Station
Abbey Pumping Station
One of the double flitch plate beams on the 1891 Gimson pumping engines. The 1885 engines at Claymills have wrought iron box girder beams. There was a band and carol service at the far end of the beam floor.

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Category: Steam engines
This photo is linked from: Articles: · Beam Engines in the UK Automatic Clusters: · Beam Engines [35] Title Clusters: · Abbey Pumping Station [5] ·
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SK5806, 325 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Allen   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 10 December, 2006   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 8 February, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 5890 0673 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:39.3064N 1:7.8430W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 5890 0673
View Direction
Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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