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Site Type : Industrial Heritage Sites / Organisation
Category : Engines / Beam Engine / Engines / Pumping Station / Engines / Stationary Engines
Location : England / West Midlands / England / West Midlands / Staffordshire / England
Power Type : Steam, Electricity
Public or Private Site? : Public Access
Condition : Restored, Partially Restored

Behold the wonders of Claymills Pumping Station – over 29 working stationary steam engines!

Including:

4 large pumping beam engines by Gimson of Leicester 1885,

5 boilers by Thompson 1936-37,

the oldest working electrical generator in Britain (1890s Crompton driven by a Buxton and Thornley steam engine),

a 1930’s dynamo house,

a forge and

a large steam driven workshop!

See their fabulous website for the latest…including an online tour!

They are also on Facebook – HERE!

Claymills Pumping Engines Trust, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffs, DE13 0DA.

Claymills Pumping Station

Behold the wonders of Claymills Pumping Station – over 29 working stationary steam engines!

Including:

4 large pumping beam engines by Gimson of Leicester 1885,

5 boilers by Thompson 1936-37,

the oldest working electrical generator in Britain (1890s Crompton driven by a Buxton and Thornley steam engine),

a 1930’s dynamo house,

a forge and

a large steam driven workshop!

See their fabulous website for the latest…including an online tour!

They are also on Facebook – HERE!

Claymills Pumping Engines Trust, Meadow Lane, Stretton, Burton on Trent, Staffs, DE13 0DA.

Claymills Pumping Station
Site Type : Industrial Heritage Sites / Organisation
Category : Engines / Beam Engine / Engines / Pumping Station / Engines / Stationary Engines
Location : England / West Midlands / England / West Midlands / Staffordshire / England
Power Type : Steam, Electricity
Public or Private Site? : Public Access
Condition : Restored, Partially Restored
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