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Abbey Pumping Station - Leicester

Abbey Pumping station on corporation road is an ex sewage treatment works at Beaumont Leys. Opened in 1891 the grand Victorian building was designed by Stockdale Harrison (city architect in 1890) and beautifully decorated beam engines were a cause of great civic pride. It continued pumping Leicester's sewage until 1964. Inside are four Gimson compound beam engines, all in working order.
Built here SK5904 : Vulcan Factory in the late 19th C.
The site, run my Leicester museums also houses science exhibits, several other steam and diesel engines, turbines and even a railway.

by Ashley Dace

Created: Mon, 5 Dec 2011, Updated: Mon, 5 Dec 2011

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SK5806 : Buxton and Thornley Horizontal Engine by Ashley Dace

SK5806 : Beam engines at Abbey Pumping Station by Alan Murray-Rust

SK5806 : Lancashire Boiler - Abbey Pumping Station by Ashley Dace

SK5806 : Aveling and Porter Steam Roller by Ashley Dace

SK5806 : Crossley Engine and Pump by Ashley Dace

SK5806 : Abbey Pumping Station - Beam Engines by Ashley Dace

SK5806 : Abbey Pumping Station - Cylinder heads by Ashley Dace

SK5806 : Abbey Pumping Station, Leicester - beam engines by Chris Allen

SK5806 : Ruston-Bucyrus 52B Steam Navvy by Ashley Dace

SK5806 : Abbey Pumping Station - Beam by Ashley Dace

SK5806 : Abbey Pumping Station - Beams by Ashley Dace

SK5806 : W.G. Bagnall No. 2087 by Ashley Dace

SK5806 : Gimson & Co of Leicester Steam Engine by Ashley Dace

SK5806 : Abbey Pumping Station by Alan Murray-Rust

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