Langford Pumping Station And Waterworks |
Hob Uid: 880642 | |
Location : Essex Maldon Ulting, Langford
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Grid Ref : TL8301209125 |
Summary : Water pumping station built in 1927 by the Southend Water Works Company and inaugurated in 1929. Triple-expansion steam engine No 282 by Lilleshall, Oakengates remains in situ. T and C Hawksley built the works in 1927 to extract water from the Rivers Chelmer, Ter and Blackwater. Water is piped from three intakes to a sedimentation reservoir, where it settles for 8-9 days, then flows under gravity to the pumping station. From here it is pumped to a purification plant, then under gravity to an equalizing reservoir, and returned to the pumping station, where it is pumped to Oakwood Services Reservoir, 14 miles away. |
More information : TL836090. Waterworks Inaugurated 1929. These works, built by Southend Water Works Co, still contain triple-expansion steam engine No 282 by Lilleshall, Oakengates, built 1927. (1)
Scheduled listing. (2)
Documented. (3)
Recorded by NRIM. Photographed. (4) |