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HMG Visit to Crossness
Pumping Station and House Mill on Sept 16 2007
A very enjoyable excursion to see one of the world's
largest beam engine in steam at the Crossness
Pumping works in east London, followed by a
fascinating tour of the Three Mills site in Bromley.
Photos by Ashok
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The Crossness
Pumping Station was built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette
as part of Victorian London's urgently needed main
sewerage system. It was officially opened by the
Prince of Wales in April 1865. It contains the
four original pumping engines which are possibly the
largest remaining rotative beam engines in the
world, with 52 ton flywheels and 47 ton beams.
See
http://www.crossness.org.uk/
Our group outside Clock Mill, part of the Three
Mills area. The River Lea Tidal Mill
Trust Ltd has restored House Mill which is open to
the public.
See
http://www.housemill.org.uk/
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HMG's highly successful trip to Norfolk to view
twenty sites over four days in April 2007.
Organised by Andy Fish, and with driving by Andy and
John Silman.
Photos by Shiela M
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We were at Eling tide mill in
March 2007 to carry out some repair and
refurbishment, relieving some of the load from the
contractors working on the site and helping to speed
the overall progress.
Photos by Nigel Smith |
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These photos
taken in March 2007 show our volunteers working to
restore the wheel and pump at Timsbury.
Work is now completed
with the wheel finished and turning freely and
the pump mechanism operating off load. The final
activities involved installing sluice gates next to
the wheel pit channel and connecting the pump
outflow valve to the pipe that will take water to
the fountain in the pond (when this is put in
place).The
pump was being tested which is why there are more
people watching than working !
Photos by Nigel Smith |
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Photo A Vaidya |
Amongst our recent projects
we worked at Headley Mill, replacing all the
buckets and starts on the water wheel.
Volunteers spent a day a week on site carrying out
the careful fitting of new buckets onto the existing
wheel. The
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Photo by Nigel Smith. |
HMG volunteers inspect the
upper floor of Beaulieu Tide Mill where on March 15,
2006 a fire severely damaged the structure.
We spent time to clear away timber and debris while
preserving and identifying all the useful mill
related items in the structure. It is hoped
that in time the Mill may be restored. |
