Description and History of Site:-
Engine and pumphouse, now private residence. Two domes over the pumps. A few hundred metres south of the newer (1965) pumping and storage facility at Brayton Barff.
Pumping station built for Selby RDC in 1906 to pump potable water from boreholes (in the New Red Sandstone).
According to the survey of Water Undertakings of 1914, the average daily quantity obtained at that time was 300,000 gallons and that a further 500,000 gallons or more could be available. No filtration was needed and the facility had a storage reservoir of 800,000 gallons capacity. The pumps were driven by an inverted triple expansion steam engine by James Watt & Co. This engine has now been lost. Two boreholes at Brayton (South) seem to have still been in use until the 1990's.

Further Reading and References:-
Return as to water undertakings in England and Wales. HMSO, 1914. http://archive.org/stream/b21357705

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Key Words :- water supply pumping borehole reservoir

Viewing the Site :- Now a private residence.

Address :- Mill Lane , Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 9LD
Grid Ref :- SE 5862 3006
Co-ordinates :- Lat 53.763603 , Long -1.112241
Local Authority :- Selby District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - West Riding
Site Status :- Site extant - Protected status unknown
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to residential housing
Site Dates :- 1906 - ?1990's
Record Date :- 25 September 2018

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