Crossness Pumping Station
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Crossness Pumping Station is a 19th-century Victorian sewage pumping facility in southeast London, renowned for its role in the city's revolutionary sewer system and its richly ornate ironwork architecture.
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Grade I listed building
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industrial heritage site ⓘ sewage pumping station ⓘ |
| architect | Joseph Bazalgette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Italianate
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Victorian ⓘ |
| builtFor | Metropolitan Board of Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Victorian industrial architecture
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water infrastructure in London ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1859 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentUse |
heritage visitor attraction
ⓘ
museum ⓘ |
| designer | Joseph Bazalgette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineer | Joseph Bazalgette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Albert Edward engine
NERFINISHED
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Alexandra engine NERFINISHED ⓘ Crossness engines NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Consort engine NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria engine NERFINISHED ⓘ beam engine house ⓘ boiler house ⓘ chimney ⓘ decorative iron galleries ⓘ ornamental cast-iron columns ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Grade I listed building
ⓘ
Scheduled Ancient Monument ⓘ |
| heritageRegister |
National Heritage List for England entry
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surface form:
National Heritage List for England
|
| inception | 1865 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
London
NERFINISHED
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Thamesmead NERFINISHED ⓘ southeast London ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | London Borough of Bexley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Crossness Nature Reserve
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Erith Marshes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | southern bank of the River Thames ⓘ |
| managedBy | Crossness Engines Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mechanicalSystem |
rotative beam engines
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steam-powered pumping engines ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ornate cast-iron interior
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richly decorated ironwork ⓘ role in London’s revolutionary sewer system ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1865 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | Thames Water (historically successors) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
London sewerage system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Victorian London sewer network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
pumping sewage
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transfer of sewage from London to treatment and outfall works ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
closure of original steam-driven sewage pumping operations in the 20th century
ⓘ
restoration of the Prince Consort engine to working order ⓘ |
| status | partly restored ⓘ |
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