Abbey Mills Pumping Station
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Abbey Mills Pumping Station is a 19th-century Victorian sewage pumping facility in London, renowned for its ornate “cathedral of sewage” architecture and central role in the city’s historic sewer system.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victorian-era building
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industrial heritage site ⓘ sewage pumping station ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Byzantine Revival
NERFINISHED
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Italianate ⓘ Victorian ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
London’s main interceptor sewers
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Northern Outfall Sewer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1865 ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | WGS84 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Charles Driver
NERFINISHED
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Edmund Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Bazalgette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Grade II* listed industrial buildings in London
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Infrastructure completed in 1868 ⓘ Sewage pumping stations in London ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Engine House A
NERFINISHED
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Engine House B NERFINISHED ⓘ chimney base ⓘ |
| hasNearbyStation | Abbey Mills modern pumping station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | Grade II* listed building ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationAuthority | Historic England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| inception | 1868 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East London
NERFINISHED
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London NERFINISHED ⓘ Newham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Stratford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Ham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | River Lea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| municipality | London Borough of Newham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | nearby Stratford Langthorne Abbey ⓘ |
| nickname | Cathedral of Sewage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
central role in 19th-century London sewerage system
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decorative interior ironwork ⓘ ornate Victorian industrial architecture ⓘ polychrome brickwork ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1868 ⓘ |
| operator | Thames Water NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalFunction | pumping sewage ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Thames Water NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
London sewerage system
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Thames Tideway sewer network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | modern electric pumping station at Abbey Mills ⓘ |
| roofType | clerestory roof ⓘ |
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