Location Ropewalk, Nottingham Completed 1850 Town or city Nottingham Engineer Thomas Hawksley | Country England Opened 1850 Architectural style Gothic architecture Architect Thomas Hawksley | |
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The Ropewalk Pumping Station was built on the Ropewalk in Nottingham in 1850. It is a Grade II listed building.
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Map of Ropewalk Pumping Station, Nottingham, UK
History
It was built by the Nottingham Waterworks Company in 1850 along with a reservoir on Park Row in Nottingham. It drew water from two 240ft deep wells using a 60 hp (45 kW) Cornish Beam engine to pump from two 240 ft (73 m) deep wells
The Ropewalk pumping station had to be disused around 1880 because it was found that the water which it was supplying was contaminated by Nottingham General Cemetery. It supplied 960,000 imperial gallons (4,400 m3) of water per day. Analysis in 1873 showed that it contained 31.5 grains (2.04 g) of solid effluent per gallon.
It was used as a garage from 1930.
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