Cross Ness Pumping Station
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Not exactly the right place to post but best of what there is.
Went here today as saw it in the Standard as being a steam day, which it was. The pumping station is an amazing piece of ornate Victorian architecture housing one working engine and a further three under restoration(albeit a long way off). Although the boiler room is now defunct and the steam is generated by diesel (I think)the sight of a 40+ ton beam and a 50+ ton flywheel whirring around without a mechanical sound is quite amazing, as is the engine itself which is far from slient. Access under the engines, to see the huge pumps and pipework, and over them too on an incredible see though floor gives you a real feel for the place. Look it up on wikipaedia and see when the next steaming day is and it is well worth a fiver of anyone's money.
Went here today as saw it in the Standard as being a steam day, which it was. The pumping station is an amazing piece of ornate Victorian architecture housing one working engine and a further three under restoration(albeit a long way off). Although the boiler room is now defunct and the steam is generated by diesel (I think)the sight of a 40+ ton beam and a 50+ ton flywheel whirring around without a mechanical sound is quite amazing, as is the engine itself which is far from slient. Access under the engines, to see the huge pumps and pipework, and over them too on an incredible see though floor gives you a real feel for the place. Look it up on wikipaedia and see when the next steaming day is and it is well worth a fiver of anyone's money.
rlw said:
Not exactly the right place to post but best of what there is.
Went here today as saw it in the Standard as being a steam day, which it was. The pumping station is an amazing piece of ornate Victorian architecture housing one working engine and a further three under restoration(albeit a long way off). Although the boiler room is now defunct and the steam is generated by diesel (I think)the sight of a 40+ ton beam and a 50+ ton flywheel whirring around without a mechanical sound is quite amazing, as is the engine itself which is far from slient. Access under the engines, to see the huge pumps and pipework, and over them too on an incredible see though floor gives you a real feel for the place. Look it up on wikipaedia and see when the next steaming day is and it is well worth a fiver of anyone's money.
No sWent here today as saw it in the Standard as being a steam day, which it was. The pumping station is an amazing piece of ornate Victorian architecture housing one working engine and a further three under restoration(albeit a long way off). Although the boiler room is now defunct and the steam is generated by diesel (I think)the sight of a 40+ ton beam and a 50+ ton flywheel whirring around without a mechanical sound is quite amazing, as is the engine itself which is far from slient. Access under the engines, to see the huge pumps and pipework, and over them too on an incredible see though floor gives you a real feel for the place. Look it up on wikipaedia and see when the next steaming day is and it is well worth a fiver of anyone's money.
t!!Seem to recall from a Fred Dibnah or similar programme that even the gratings in the floors were for a purpose - promoting the escape of steamy air rather than trapping it underneath or something.
Bazalgette certainly did a great job.
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