Dalton Pumping Station
Photos - 24.
Where - Sunderland.
Visited - July 2007.
Posted - 19 January 2008.
Categories -
industry, pumphouse.
- Contents
- Inside
- Beams
- Chimney & Stairs
I can't really begin to describe how beautiful this place is. It closed in 1946 and gradually rotted away. In 1996 an entrepreneur bought it and in 2001 he got an English Heritage grant (£530k) to help refurbish it and turn into "The Old Famous Pump House" restaurant/pub. It seems that the money ran out though, and now lies abandoned again...
A chimney would've towered out from the central part of the building.
Inside
Inside is a sight to behold. I have never seen anything like it!
Underground...
Beams
Two massive beam engines dominate the top floor of the building. These ultimately led to the demise of the building - the vibrations from them weakened the building's structure. They'll probably never run again...
Chimney & Stairs
The old chimney - inside has been filled up to the hole, so no falling in...
The stairwells around the old chimney were rather labyrinthesque.
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Posted 20 January 2008, 07:50 From publicenergy
Lovely photos. It looks very much like Papplewick Pumping Station in Nottinghamshire - that place is fully working and they have open days several times a year (it's open most of the time, but have limited days when it's "in steam"
. It's quite impressive seeing all of this stuff moving!
Posted 8 March 2008, 22:00 From twinsmooth
shame he ran out of cash looks really nice I hope you blocked up the way you got in, It would be sad if some vandals got in and ruined it good photos yep it think it’s a big shame it just got left.
Posted 14 March 2008, 01:30 From walirus
looks great hope it stays that way.
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