Memorials & monuments · North East England
Tees Cottage Pumping Station
In or near Darlington.
Tees Cottage Pumping Station in England North East, United Kingdom.
Gordon Hatton — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Nearest railway station
- Darlington · 3.6 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
Getting there & planning your visit
Tees Cottage Pumping Station is located in Darlington, North East England, with the postcode DL3 8TE. The nearest railway station is Darlington, which is 3.6 km away. Entry to the site is free.
About
Tees Cottage Pumping Station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Tees Cottage Pumping Station is a Victorian pumping station complex at Broken Scar on the A67 near Low Coniscliffe just west of Darlington. The site dates from 1849, and was built to provide drinking water for Darlington and the surrounding area. It is a scheduled monument housing two completely original pumping engines in fully working order: a 1904 beam engine, built by Teasdale Brothers of Darlington, which is still steamed using its original 1902 Lancashire boilers; and a rare 1914 two-cylinder gas internal-combustion engine, the largest such engine surviving in Europe. Both engines can be seen in operation on certain weekends through the year, using their original pumps to pump water from the River Tees into the adjacent filter beds.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
In 1974 the waterworks came under the control of the new Northumbrian regional water authority (which would later be privatised as Northumbrian Water). The merger placed the Tees Cottage and Broken Scar works under the same ownership for the first time. Broken Scar was the more modern installation, having been upgraded in 1955 and expanded in 1972. The decision was therefore made to supply Darlington with water from Broken Scar, rather than Tees Cottage, and the change took place in 1979.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.5196, -1.6029
- District
- Darlington
- Parish
- Darlington, unparished area
- Postcode
- DL3 8TE
- Parliamentary constituency
- Darlington
- Nearest railway station
- Darlington — 3.6 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q7694528 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Tees Cottage Pumping Station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tees Cottage Pumping Station?
- Tees Cottage Pumping Station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DL3 8TE), in the parish of Darlington, unparished area.
- What is Tees Cottage Pumping Station?
- Tees Cottage Pumping Station in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Tees Cottage Pumping Station?
- The nearest railway station is Darlington, about 3.6 km away. Drivers can use postcode DL3 8TE.
- Is Tees Cottage Pumping Station free to visit?
- Yes, Tees Cottage Pumping Station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Tees Cottage Pumping Station?
- The nearest railway station is Darlington, about 3.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DL3 8TE.