Abbey Mills pumping station
This temple to the goddess Cloacina was built by Joseph Bazalgette in the mid-19th century to pump sewage from one level of the Northern Outfall Sewer to the next. Its original pumps were coal-fired beam engines.
Abbey Mills pumping stationThis temple to the goddess Cloacina was built by Joseph Bazalgette in the mid-19th century to pump sewage from one level of the Northern Outfall Sewer to the next. Its original pumps were coal-fired beam engines. |
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