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Site ID :- GTL00465
Key Words :-
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GTL00123,Deptford Pumping Station
GTL00113,Crossness Pumping Station

Address :- Belvedere Road, Thamesmead, London, Greater London, SE2
Grid Reference :- TQ 45053 78907
Grid Co-ordinates :- Easting 545053 m, Northing 178907 m
Lat & Long (WGS84) :- 51.49051 , 0.087934
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Administrative Area :- Bexley
Pre 1974 County :- Greater London Council
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
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
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Record Status :- Incomplete
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Description and History

Circular brick sewer 11'6" diameter, falling 2 feet per mile over 7.5 miles from Deptford lift station to Crossness outfall, completed in 1862. Visible above ground at the approach to Crossness. Engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Contractor William Webster.

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grid ref updated - Andrew Turner - 8 October 2019

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