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Site ID :- GTL00123
Key Words :- Sewage Pumping Station
Linked Sites :-
GTL00113,Crossness Pumping Station
GTL00465,Southern Outfall Sewer

Address :- Norman Rd, Greenwich, London, Greater London, SE10
Grid Reference :- TQ 3772 7722
Grid Co-ordinates :- Easting 537720 m, Northing 177220 m
Lat & Long (WGS84) :- 51.477183 , -0.018278
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Site Location :- On Deptford Creek
Viewing Site :- Visible from DLR trains to Lewisham
Parish or Township :-
Administrative Area :- Greenwich
Pre 1974 County :- Greater London Council
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Historic England List No - 1213334, 1289021, 1213549,
Site Era :-Early Modern 1850-1950 to Modern Post 1950
Site Dates :- 1862 -
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Contributor :- GLIAS Database - 2 June 2018
Contributors Society :- Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society
Copyright :- cc-by-nc-sa 4.0 © GLIAS Database

Record Status :- Reviewed
Reviewed By :- Andrew Turner - 2 April 2020

Description and History

Deptford Pumping Station (now known as Greenwich Pumping Station), 1859-62. First stage of Bazalgette's London Main Drainage Scheme. Lifts dry-weather flow and storm water 18 ft into Southern Outfall Sewer running to Crossness. Cast- and wrought-iron coalsheds on banks of Deptford Creek, covering 18,000 sq. ft remain. The two beam-engine houses linked by boiler house. Only South Wing (enlarged 1930-31) now used, houses vertical electric pumps, three Allen diesels and two Crossley horizontal gas engines converted to diesel, all installed 1934. Italianate station, built in light-coloured brick with darker pilasters (Allen's Ballington salmon and brimstone coloured bricks), consists of central boiler house flanked by two wings containing pumps. Adjoining in Greenwich High Rd, 377771, is electricity substation with initials L. E. S. C. (London Electricity Supply Co.)

Further Reading and References

Docklands History Survey, Greater London Council Historic Buildings Division 1984, ISBN 978-0716813293.

Smith, Tim R. 'A gazetteer of hydraulic power in London'. London's Industrial Archaeology No 19 [2021]
http://www.glias.org.uk/journals/19-c.pdf

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