Reports - Pumphouse
Dalton Pumping Station
Where? Sunderland. Photos 24. Comments 3. Posted 19 January 2008.
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...
Taunton Firepool Pumphouse
Where? Somerset. Large photos 6. Comments 2. Posted 20 June 2008.
Sitting between the main railway line and one of the canals in Taunton is the Firepool Pumphouse. It was used to get water from the canals, and store it in the huge tank on top, ready for filling steam trains with. Obviously steam trains aren't used any more so this place closed.
It's currently waiting redevelopment into a posh restaurant complex.
(I'm ditching thumbnails, so this report is pic heavy...)
