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Claverton Pumping Station

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Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station
Phone:
+44 1225 483001

Address:
Ferry Lane, Claverton BA2 7BH, England

Claverton Pumping Station in the village of Claverton, in the English county of Somerset, pumps water from the River Avon to the Kennet and Avon Canal using power from the flow of the River Avon. It is a grade II listed building.The pumping station was built by John Rennie between 1809 and 1813 to overcome water supply problems on the canal. It uses a 24-foot wide wooden breastshot water wheel to drive two Boulton and Watt 18-foot long cast iron rocking beams, which power lift pumps to raise water 48 feet up to the canal. The pumping station has undergone several modifications since its initial construction, including revising the wheel into two sections each 12 feet wide separated by a 9-inch gap. The station's operational life ended in 1952, by which time its maintenance and repair had become uneconomical in the light of falling traffic on the canal. In the 1960s and 1970s restoration was carried out by students from the University of Bath and the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust, who replaced and repaired the buildings and equipment and returned the pumping station to a functional state by 1978. It is now operated by volunteers from the Trust, open to the public as an industrial heritage museum.
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