Abbey Mills Pumping Stations - London - October 2010

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Abbey Mills Pumping Station - Londarrnn - October 2010

Visited with a Host and OLDSKOOL

As part of our epic voyage to London just recently we visited here. It was very early in the morning, leaving Manchester at 1am, I had had no sleep. Woke up Friday 9am, went to Bed Saturday 9pm. Good times had all round, including OLDSKOOL urbexing your Photo Booths and Host playing hard to get at Spillers Mills (Report to follow).

History has been covered previously so take a read here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_M...mping_Stations

The original Abbey Mills Pumping Station, in Abbey Lane, London E15, is a sewerage pumping station, designed by engineer Joseph Bazalgette, Edmund Cooper, and architect Charles Driver. It was built between 1865 and 1868. It was designed in a cruciform plan, with an elaborate Byzantine style, described as The Cathedral of Sewage. It has a twin, Crossness Pumping Station, south of the River Thames at Crossness, at the end of the Southern Outfall Sewer.



































Cheers

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[Nicola]

Wow this place looks amazing - great pictures!

[MJS]

this is a bit sexy

[Clough]

this is an amazing place, cracking photos too!

[Canonite]

Nice one fella. Some nice symmetry in there, it screams it.
Was super impressed first time I saw this place, the attention to detail in the architecture is simply stunning. Just look at the detailing in the cast iron flooring of the upper level, and the work that went into the railings.
I really, really LOVE this place. As a Yorkshireman, anything south of Sheffield is cockney but i'm willing to cross the border to go down here.

[simonix]

What a Fantastic place, a great place to make a sci-fi film!

[Only2Eyes]

Splendid looking place this, great pics mate