Key Words :- Pumping Station

Viewing the Site :- private road

Address :- Newmarket, Suffolk
Grid Ref :- TL 62028 63979
Co-ordinates :- Lat 52.250133 , Long 0.372116
Local Authority :- West Suffolk Council
Pre 1974 County :- Suffolk
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Dates :- 1884 -

Description and History of Site:-
There were two engine houses at this site - one contained electric pumping equipment and a diesel standby, the other a 1910 Hathorn-Davey marine type triple expansion steam engine adapted for pumping with three underfloor force pumps.

Following decommissioning in 1964 the Anglian Water Authority donated the engine - one of the smallest waterworks triples to survive - to the London Museum of Water & Steam at Kew Bridge, where it can still be seen today.

Newmarket Waterworks Company plaques, 1884.

Further Reading and References:-
Falconer, Keith. 'Guide to England's Industrial Heritage'. Batsford, 1980

https://waterandsteam.org.uk/our-history/our-engines/rotative-engines/triple-expansion-engine/

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