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Papplewick Pumping Station

In or near Hucknall.

Papplewick Pumping Station — architectural structure and museum in Papplewick, Gedling, England, United Kingdom.

Papplewick Pumping Station

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Papplewick Pumping Station is a museum in east midlands. (Historic site in Nottinghamshire, England.) Wikipedia notes: "Papplewick Pumping Station, situated in open agricultural land approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) by road from the Nottinghamshire village of Papplewick, was built by Nottingham Corporation Water Department between 1881 and 1884 to pump water from the Bunter sandstone to provide drinking water to the City of Nottingham, in England. Two beam engines, supplied with steam by six Lancashire boilers, were housed in Gothic Revival buildings.". Coordinates 53.0630°, -1.1314°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
53.0630, -1.1314

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