The interior of Cropston Station, Leicester Waterworks, showing two Woolf compound rotative beam engines of 1870

Date:
1935
Location:
Cropston Water Works, Pumping Station, Bradgate Road, Thurcaston And Cropston, Cropston, Charnwood, Leicestershire
Reference:
SER/0119
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

These were superseded by Easton & Anderson vertical triple expansion engines, but retained. In 1939 when war began they were re-instated as standby sets.

Content

This is part of the Series: GMW01/02 Steam Engine Record; within the Collection: GMW01 Watkins, George Middleton

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Watkins, George Middleton

Keywords

Victorian Waterworks, Victorian Beam Engine, Victorian Steam Engine, Victorian Pump House