Ropewalk Pumping Station
| Ropewalk Pumping Station | |
|---|---|
 Ropewalk pumping station | |
  Location within Nottinghamshire | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Gothic revival |
| Location | Ropewalk, Nottingham |
| Town or city | Nottingham |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 52°57′18″N 1°09′41″W / 52.955135°N 1.161332°W |
| Completed | 1850 |
| Design and construction | |
| Engineer | Thomas Hawksley |
The Ropewalk Pumping Station was built on the Ropewalk in Nottingham in 1850.[1] It is a Grade II listed building.[2]
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.
References
- ↑ Pevsner Architectural Guides, Nottingham. Elain Harwood. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12666-2
- ↑ Historic England. "Details from image database (458546)". Images of England. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
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