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Hydraulic Pumping Station
Key Words :- hydraulic
Address :- Hooper Street, London, Greater London, E1
Grid Ref :- TQ 34138 81007
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.512074 , Long -0.068386
Local Authority :- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- London
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1065140,
Site Dates :- 1886 -
Description and History of Site:-
The red brick hydraulic pumping station supplied power to the LTSR's Commercial Goods Depot (qv), opened 1886-7 to handle traffic to and from Tilbury Docks.
Through the window of the tower can be seen cylinders, rams and crossheads of two weight-loaded accumulators, Weight-cases, suspended from the crossheads and containing several tons of sand and gravel have been removed. They ran up as water was pumped into the system and down as it was used by the machinery. The pumping engines, by Sir W G Armstrong, Mitchell and Co, were, unusually, on the first floor with four Lancashire boilers underneath.
Smith: 'A hydraulic pumping station was built in Hooper Street to serve the depot and warehouse. The contract for hydraulic machinery went to Sir W G Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, whose tender of £25,000 was less than that of Messrs Tannett-Walker of Leeds. Two 150hp steam pumping engines were housed in the upper floor engine room with four Lancashire boilers underneath. The accumulator tower contained two weight-loaded accumulators. The goods depot was demolished in the late 1970s but the hydraulic pumping station survives, listed Grade II and converted to offices. The accumulator weight-cases have been removed leaving only the cylinders, rams, crossheads and guides.'
Further Reading and References:-
http://www.glias.org.uk/journals/2-a.html
http://www.glias.org.uk/journals/19-c.pdf
http://www.glias.org.uk/walks/14_Whitechapel.html
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Grid Ref :- TQ 34138 81007
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.512074 , Long -0.068386
Local Authority :- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- London
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1065140,
Site Dates :- 1886 -
The red brick hydraulic pumping station supplied power to the LTSR's Commercial Goods Depot (qv), opened 1886-7 to handle traffic to and from Tilbury Docks.
Through the window of the tower can be seen cylinders, rams and crossheads of two weight-loaded accumulators, Weight-cases, suspended from the crossheads and containing several tons of sand and gravel have been removed. They ran up as water was pumped into the system and down as it was used by the machinery. The pumping engines, by Sir W G Armstrong, Mitchell and Co, were, unusually, on the first floor with four Lancashire boilers underneath.
Smith: 'A hydraulic pumping station was built in Hooper Street to serve the depot and warehouse. The contract for hydraulic machinery went to Sir W G Armstrong, Mitchell & Co, whose tender of £25,000 was less than that of Messrs Tannett-Walker of Leeds. Two 150hp steam pumping engines were housed in the upper floor engine room with four Lancashire boilers underneath. The accumulator tower contained two weight-loaded accumulators. The goods depot was demolished in the late 1970s but the hydraulic pumping station survives, listed Grade II and converted to offices. The accumulator weight-cases have been removed leaving only the cylinders, rams, crossheads and guides.'
http://www.glias.org.uk/journals/2-a.html
http://www.glias.org.uk/journals/19-c.pdf
http://www.glias.org.uk/walks/14_Whitechapel.html
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