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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station
by Chris Allen
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A view from the driving floor of C/D Engine House. To the right is the 1900... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - decoration in the economiser house
by Chris Allen
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This space at the back of the boiler house dates from the late 1930s and houses... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - A engine restoration
by Chris Allen
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A engine is the last of the 4 Woolf compound beam pumping engines to undergo... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - A engine restoration
by Chris Allen
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A is the last of the four Woolf compound beam engines to be returned to steam,... (more)
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Claymills Pumping Station – old boiler crown valves
by Alan Murray-Rust
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These are the original valves off boilers 4 and 5, probably dating from the... (more)
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Claymills Pumping Station – old boiler crown valves
by Alan Murray-Rust
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Cast iron valves like these would not be considered suitable for further use... (more)
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Claymills Pumping Station – the new boiler crown valves
by Alan Murray-Rust
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Modern standards for pressure vessels mean that the old cast iron crown valves –... (more)
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A partial return to normal at Claymills Pumping Station
by Alan Murray-Rust
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As from 27 June 2020, volunteers were allowed back on site to carry out work... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - restoration in progress
by Chris Allen
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The engine at the back is a Buxton and Thornley rotative pumping engine with the... (more)
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Claymills Sewage Works
by Chris Allen
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Photographed from the Claymills Victorian Pumping Station. No trespass involved.
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - land-locked sea shanties
by Chris Allen
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This group of suitably nautical looking shanty singers hail from Lichfield -... (more)
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Claymills level crossing
by Chris Allen
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This automatic barrier crossing protects access to the Severn Trent sewage... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping station - 'thunderbox' is go!
by Chris Allen
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This replica wooden 'pan closet', in australian parlance a... (more)
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Claymills - new sewage works construction site
by Chris Allen
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The 1970s sewage works, that replaced the steam pumping station, is now ready... (more)
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Steamy - Claymills Victorian Pumping Station
by Chris Allen
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A view round the back of the office block and dynamo house with steam exhausting... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - 1906 dynamo
by Chris Allen
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This is the 30A, 210V DC dynamo that carried the daytime load. A 50A dynamo was... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - portable engine
by Chris Allen
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This 8 horsepower single cylinder Ruston proctor portable built in 1917 was... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - loan engine
by Chris Allen
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This 8 horsepower single cylinder Ruston proctor portable built in 1917 was... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - loan engine
by Chris Allen
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This 8 horsepower single cylinder Ruston proctor portable built in 1917 was... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - south economiser
by Chris Allen
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Claymills has two economisers that recovered heat from the flue gases into the... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - north economiser
by Chris Allen
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Claymills has two economisers that were used to recover heat from the flue gases... (more)
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Claymills Sewage Treatment Works
by Chris Allen
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The newer plant seen from the preserved Claymills Victorian Pumping Station.
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - Mitchell lathe
by Chris Allen
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This was installed in WWII to assist in war work in the Claymills workshop. It... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - new engine
by Chris Allen
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The Trust has just taken delivery of this horizontal single cylinder steam... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - new engine
by Chris Allen
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The Trust has just taken delivery of this horizontal single cylinder steam... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - new engine
by Chris Allen
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The Trust has just taken delivery of this horizontal single cylinder steam... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - inverted vertical engine
by Chris Allen
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This was built in the Claymills workshops in 1906 and drove the smaller of two... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - road roller
by Chris Allen
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This diesel roller is owned by a former Director of Claymills Pumping Engines... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - engines A & B
by Chris Allen
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B beam engine is closest to the camera and was running. A is in the background... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station
by Chris Allen
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A scale model Burrell compound traction engine that is a regular attender at... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - rope hauled railway
by Chris Allen
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The site's latest attraction was in best bib and tucker for a Royal visit.... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - ahead of the Royal visit
by Chris Allen
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The Duke of Gloucester, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire, the High Sheriff of... (more)
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Claymills - MWH contractor's compound
by Chris Allen
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MWH is undertaking a large project to replace much of the 1970s sewage works.... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - new car park
by Chris Allen
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This is the new car parking area prepared by Severn Trent Water for the... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping station - dynamo house
by Chris Allen
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Built in 1937 to house equipment relocated from the back of the boiler house.... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - steam engine
by Chris Allen
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This small horizontal single cylinder engine was originally used in the now... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - Pearn pump
by Chris Allen
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An inverted vertical single cylinder 'banjo' pump by Frank Pearn of... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - steam pump
by Chris Allen
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The only engine on display not used at the Pumping Station. This was used at the... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - Reliant Regal
by Chris Allen
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A director of the Trust and member of the Claymills Classic Car Club is owner of... (more)
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Claymills Sewage Works - new fence line
by Chris Allen
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The Claymills Victorian Pumping Station is being allowed to expand over land to... (more)
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Claymills pumping station - stationary engine
by Chris Allen
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A Ruston Hornsby spark ignition engine driving a pump. Originally it ran on... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - historic dray wagon
by Chris Allen
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Leyland Beaver wagon in the livery of Mitchells & Butlers of Cape Hill... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - Jowett Bradford light commercial
by Chris Allen
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This Jowett Bradford was built in 1948 in Bradford and is a light... (more)
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Sewage Treatment Works at Claymills
by M J Richardson
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Part of the Severn Trent Water facility next to the Victorian Claymills Pumping Station.
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Tanks at Claymills Sewage Treatment Works
by M J Richardson
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Severn Trent Water, with an update of the adjacent Claymills Victorian sewage... (more)
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Claymills Sewage Treatment Works
by M J Richardson
geograph for square SK2625
A Severn Trent Water facility, replacing the Victorian Claymills pumping station... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - steaming down the lane
by Chris Allen
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A 6" scale model traction engine is running down the lane that gives access... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station
by Chris Allen
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Photographed from A/B engine house of 1885. The main brick building is the... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - left hand down a bit.
by Chris Allen
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A visiting Wallis & Steevens 'Advance' road roller being... (more)
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Claymills Victorian Pumping Station - Tangye pumping set
by Chris Allen
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This is from Hayley Green Pumping Station near Hagley and consists of a Ford V8... (more)
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