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Crossness Engines Trust

About the group The Crossness Pumping Station was built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette as part of Victorian London's urgently needed main sewerage system. It was officially

Wedi ei greu 6 July 2013

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see image record [EPW009961] The River Thames at Erith Marshes, Erith, from the north-west, 1924 1924 and the Pumping Station is all alone on the marshes.	yinkltd	Sunday 7th of July 2013 10:59:37 AM
see image record [EPW040945] The Southern Outfall Drainage Works and electricity pylons crossing the River Thames at the Halfway Reach, Erith, 1933 A slightly different view. The workers' dwellings can be clearly seen overlooking a 'village green'. This was, in fact, the cover of a 6 acre reservoir of London's waste.	yinkltd	Saturday 6th of July 2013 04:23:19 PM
see image record [EPW040945] The Southern Outfall Drainage Works and electricity pylons crossing the River Thames at the Halfway Reach, Erith, 1933 A rare photo of the pumping station in splendid isolation.	yinkltd	Saturday 6th of July 2013 04:16:30 PM