FORGOTTEN VICTORIAN PUMPING STATION (CROSSNESS LONDON)
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- A very special explore today folks, we was invited to Crossness sewage pumping station by our friend Chris who is one of the members of the Engines Trust organisation that was formed in 1987 to restore Crossness .
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Hi all, Chris from the video...the part of the pump that I forgot on the film is called a compensator, it takes the force out of the gush from the pumps...thank you for all the great comments, and yes I do have slight asthma and the stairs are a killer..:-)
Thanks for doing what you do!
Thanks for the effort and work you do! It makes our ancestors look more godly and enlightened then their offspring.
great work, thank you for the tour
Mate, you are are a legend
Really enjoyed your tour. Thank you so much for sharing with us, much appreciated! :)
A Cathedral to iron,brick and water and great workmanship from man, stunning building, the days when they had great pride in there work as it now still shows, great video and you were very lucky to get to see lots of places inside we don't get to see. just brilliant.
Hahaha, more like a beautifull cathedral to shit, muck, disease and general period correct pollution... ;-)
Wrong, it's quite the opposite. It's a beautiful cathedral to dealing with "shit, much, disease" and pollution.
So beautiful! It's like a church for human waste
lol yeah, the victorians were good at making industrial buildings actually look nice
Amazing looking place.
It does look like that, doesn't it? With a steamboat diesel oil rig powered poo pipe organ.
Just look at the amazing decorations in a building designed to manage waste.
Just where did the western world loose all sense of beauty? Why must public buildings look so damn awful today?
because its easy and more so cheap to do were going backwards disguised as going forwards !!
That's good, I'd rather see the used to maintain safe, efficient equipment. Back then it was new and there weren't many of them. Cam you imagine the cost to elaborately decorate thousands of water treatment plants supporting billions of more customers now? They use the money for more practical parts of the infrastructure, royalty also toured these stations and they wanted to impress them. This was during the height of the British empire and they were flush with money. Nowadays few people see water treatment plants as well.
How can a simple pumping station be more beautiful than anything luxurious created today? Mankind is going downhill or is it that evolution works backward like the bible said : from perfection to ....
Socialism is destroying the world like a cancer. No growth, innovation, or prosperity. Just a growing parasite class of SJWs and self-identified victims, race-bating and voting for an even bigger government. They are useful idiots for the elites who can then become social engineers with their legislation and propaganda to incite wars.
Kiwi AustEcon, you have a completely slanted view of history. While I admire the architecture of this sewage pumping house, at the time it was built the gap between the haves and the have-nots was staggering. London's working poor lived in overcrowded slums while the social elite entertained each other at dinner each night in their large country estates or in their spacious city homes (they often had both). If you were unemployed, you were sent to a workhouse where you unraveled old rope back into fibres (oakum) to caulk wooden ships or you powered a treadmill like a human on a hamster wheel. Yeah, f*@& socialism.
fuck socialism indeed. It is government that monopolises big business by creating barriers to entry. Minimum wage hurts the least educated, by making them unemployed... YEP. Fuck socialism indeed.
Another excellent video chaps. Those Victorians certainly knew how to build great engineering structures. Well done to the members of the Engine Trust Organisation in the restoration work that will allow future generations to appreciate what was being done to improve sanitation in London in the 19th Century.
This is real engineering
A modern solution would be cheaper, more efficient, less noisy, less polution and would require less staff, dont undervalue modern engineers.
I work as a engineer so i don't. I just think that mondern engineering looks a bit dull. Pumping stations today simply said are just a few tanks, a few pipes and a set of pumps going vrrrrr. Steam pumps sounds like they are alive.
Steam engines (ive only ran locos, not stationary engines, but still relevant) ARE alive! Witnessing a skilled engine-man get the most out of a loco is a truly awe inspiring site.I had the pleasure for firing for old guys (now passed, RIP) who worked locos when they were in service.The skill these guys possessed was in another realm to the modern trained drivers.They always used less steam to go faster!
Anybody can drive a diesel, just notch it up! Takes real skill to control cutoff and regulator positions in a steam loco, my hats are of to all the old timers out there, the numbers are ever decreasing and it will nto be long until they are all gone! I'm so thankful for the experiences i have had in the past that would never have been possible without them.I haven't been involved for a long time,but i will never forget.On the rare occasions i hear a loco working the mainline, i get shivers.
Can't even imagine the amount of noise in that enginehall back in the days. 😬
This place is so beautiful ! The Victorian Era created beautiful amazing places and technology, the beginning of the modern world.
This has to be the best film you Lads have posted. 10 out of 10 for this Historical feast of British Engineering and modern conservation.
There's an engine of similar age and size up near Derby that is still kept operational for balancing a canal. Most of the everyday work is done by electric pumps but the steam engine can join in if there's a flood (or to amuse visitors, e.g. Fred Dibnah)I'd be more impressed if they got Crossness running again, even if it's not doing vital work.
The recurved pipe section is most likely a simple, Victorian era solution of allowing expansion, contraction and vibration without cracking the pipe.
That's exactly what it is.
That man is so knowledgeable and passionate! GENIUS!
they dont build stuff like they used too, the workmanship is amazing total pride in the job
Far from forgotten! This is very well known and has been on TV many times. Bazalgette didn't design the engines, they would have been purchased from a manufacturer of steam plant. The flywheels are not there to control the speed of the engines, they are there to smooth the power delivery! Speed is controlled by a steam regulator valve. Bazalgette designed the overall sewerage system in London, not specific plant and equipment.
Very cool! A lot of similarities in design and construction to our local pumping station here in Spotswood,Victoria,Australia that dates from the 1890's.
I do recall seeing the engines run (on air unfortunately) when i was a wee lad in the 80's but im pretty sure they don't do it anymore as it was causing excessive wear due to hydrostatic lubricators not working correctly on air.Hopefully one day they get enough funding to get a modern boiler to run them as they should be run, on steam!
Thanks for the tour Chris Waite.
Does anyone remember Mark Williams Industrial Revolutions? It was a great series, but he hardly scratched the surface of the place, I loved seeing the "bowels" and the underside of the pumps. Thanks so much
Awesome video, guys!!! BTW, that loop in the piping @15:30 allows the fixed sections to expand/contract without breaking.
TheMan1510 Exactly. It's sometimes called a horseshoe or lyre loop.
It is an expansion loop in the steam line, and I hope that is not asbestos isolation hanging off it.
Your slight wheezing climbing up out of the depths may not be just asthma, did you have a gas detector with you going down there? CO2 is odourless and heavier than air, Methane you can smell, but it's often too late by the time you do. Be safe.
Brilliant film, England has some fantastic history.
It was great watching this video as I just made a little video myself including this place....my own personal belief is that it was constructed many years before the official narrative says it was built.......I would love to be able to see explore the lower levels without any restrictions.......the work I have been doing calls in to question a lot of construction the Victorians lay claim to..........I noticed a few comments the guide made that does not make sense to me however I view theses places from a slightly different angle.........a very good video enjoyed it a lot.
Absolutely beautiful. We have some similarly beautiful pieces of public infrastructure here in the states. Amazing to see these types of structures as you really get a sense of just how much pride we used to put into things like this. Now, infrastructure is just another budget to be cut, outsourced to the cheapest contractor. Sad really.
Why do people dislike videos like this? I don't get it I could understand someone not being interested, then why watch? But to dislike something objective doesn't make sense. Personally I've always had a passion for Victorian industrial archaeology especially the Thames waterworks. Thanks for posting.
Wow, there's a Public Works project just waiting to happen! Rebuild the pumping system completely just in case electricity becomes a quick thing of the past due to nuclear electro magnetic pulse (EMP). They can kill electricity but you can't kill steam.
In Hamilton, Ontario we have a very similar looking pump station. If you are interested you can look up Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology. Cool!
I love how much care to detail was put into these old buildings, sadly now it’s all about efficiency and mass production, so everything just looks boring and not were esthetic anymore. I’m tired of modern glass, concrete and rusty metal looks. It’s so ugly and boring to look at.
Function AND form working together - not done much anymore in public projects. What a gem Chris is! You can almost see and hear that old place churning and humming as he explains it all. Great vid - how could I NOT subscribe?!
What an amazingly beautiful architecture and it's " only " a sewage pumping station. Today they are just grey and cold concrete blocks.
Sorry ian &Chris just come across this brilliant video on your channel jus brilliant guys thanks
thanks for your support folk :)
That was really awesome of the guy to show you around. You could really tell he had a passion about the place. Like someone showing you their pride and joy. Made the video more interesting.
Very interesting movie folks, I really enjoyed watching this.
Fantastic engineering and great video thanks. Just a bit of info on the funny shaped pipe is called a expansion loop and is there to allow long runs of pipe to expand and contract
The loop at 15.33 is an expansion loop in a steam pipe. The pipe expands in
length as the temperature of the steam rises and would push the place apart if there was no loop or bellows. Strange that the guide talks about air when he means steam.
Magnificent presentation. Very educational. The trust is to be commended for saving and bringing back this beauty form the Victorian era.
The sections cast in Birmingham are approx. 71 meters tall. Thats 232 feet. Old victorian barges measured 195 by 35 feet (59.4 m × 10.7 m)
This building is amazing, so glad to see it getting the love it deserves
+DOS Fox yeah it's very nice to see :)
As a former boilermaker mechanic and wastewater treatment plant operator, I found this video incredibly fascinating!!! Thanks for posting this informative tour. As I have told my children and their friends who have wrinkled their noses at my occupation, just try living a week without access to a flush toilet and clean running water. Then tell me about how unimportant my job is.... LOL!!!
such a beautiful place to see even in videos...i may be across the pond but boy i truly wish i could see that in person!
Trust me on this , if you ever come over here I would put you up and take you for a visit as it is truly amazing . Much better than going to the shard for instance
That was a great tour! Interesting building and a very good tourguide!
+ IKS - Greetings from Nevada, U.S.A. , Thank You for the tour, very fascinating. I'd love to see them restore one of the Steam Engines and rocker-beam pumps to operating condition, and then get to see it in operation. I think that would be quite a sight to behold.
What a totally fantastic tour of this beautiful building, so interesting - love all the ornate touches in the interior. The guide knew his stuff as well. Thanks heaps for posting this.
Thanks for your support :) we have lots of other explores if your interested
I love watching your videos, I work nights and I'm always itching to get home and watch them! You make me want to come visit England again.
Very good material again and cat wait for more. Thanks and Greetings from WW2HistoryHunter
it always amazes me how ornate Victorian buildings and machinery were back then. I don't understand why that was given up . I am assuming it was not cheap to do it then as it would not be cheap to do it now,,,,quite beautiful.
What an era. Victorian era public works are just beautiful.
Fascinating tour, thanks to all the worked to put this excellent video together.
thanks for your support :)
Fantastic video and great explanation of a historical masterpiece
WOW, just look at the colors and design of the inside! I'm blown away
haha new meaning for psi (poo per square inch)
WOW they sure knew how to make buildings back then
Beautiful video. Nearly a documentary :)
+Eric Jones thanks for your support :)
nice explore. i really like the victorian architecture
Brilliant, never seen the undercrypts of Crossness and went there often in me youth when I was mad about these and Kew's engines.... Reckon you chaps should see if you can climb Kew Bridge's water tower or investigate Chislehurst caves including the fable of the ice dungeon that has been said about somewhere on Sundridge Park golf course :)
amazing folks! love it 👍
Love finding videos like this. So interesting and a pleasure to watch. Kudos to Chris the guide. Sure knows his stuff!
Fascinating place!! Great vid- love it :)
I love the old buildings, we're loosing too many of them.
the silencers or shock absorbers they put under the engines are called silentblocks.... (at least its called that in german :P) Great video!! Greetings from germany!
Absolutely outstanding video chaps. Very interesting & educational. Cheers for documenting
The grass is always greener over the sewage pumping station
free tomatoes too!
Chris and IKS.. teller you've had Dr Stephen Halliday of 'The Great Stink' in there foung a tslk ? I envision him foung a talk about Bazalgette in there because then you really begin to understand just how ingenious this place is.
That was all around great. My congratulations and deepest appreciation for the Victorians who built that amazing place, the Engine Trust and all the people who are working to restore it, and to you guys for showing to us. I've never seen a more beautiful sewage facility!
This pumping station will feature in the upcoming film The Current War, the battle between Edison and Westinghouse to be the first to produce commercially viable electricity for domestic use. Tom Holland, Katherine Waterston, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nicholas Hoult, Tuppence Middleton, Michael Shannon are all in it, how do I know? I filmed in that very pumping station! Damned cold in Feb I can tell you, but it was amazing to have access to it and spend a few days inside looking at all the wonderful engineering.
Victorian things are always just beautiful... even the sewage pumping stations are beautiful, what the heck.
Thank you folk for the fantastic tour through a grand old building.👍 They don't make em like that anymore!
Such wonderful and beautiful workmanship on technology from the Victorian Era.
It sounds in the intro like you said 'SE London' (?)..... err it's in the NE. (maybe it's my knacked hearing)
Anyway a great place, I was there couple of years back running my Tesla coil at an event they held:
ua-cam.com/video/mbQg1AFpFeU/v-deo.html First thing early in morning before it filled up with people it was an eerie place in the engine room.
Never managed to see the engines in steam though, although I think there's one coming up in August.
The London sewage system that Bazalgette designed was one of the greatest feats of engineering ever. That pumping station is a work of art. It is amazing what hard work people are prepared to do to preserve our heritage. Nice vid, will have to put Crossness on the to visit list. Fantastic film.
OOhhhhh..........just look at the size of them nuts!!!!!!!! Great documentary, you can see the pride and effort put into this place, not only practical but beautiful also, the builders didn't need it to look so ornamental but they did it anyway, a special kind of craftmanship.
Love the Victorian day era mechanical engineering and design works. Thank you for your tour video!
Are you going to go back to this place to film on one of the steam days? Keep up the good work, your videos are amazing!
Yeah we will be back to film the engine running :)
With Chris and Ian starting the engine up...
A Great video mate, there is one thing that is apparent, the Victorians had style, just look at the work and workmanship, you would never get that now, to be fair I don't think we have the skill set today. What a real shame. Once we were great..........A steampunk heaven, but a real heaven for me, just seeing it, knowing we did that, but the bittersweet pill is knowing we did that. We could not today......Sad.
Lost for words at how excellent this place is and wot a clever sod Bazalgette was. Biggupz for inviting the boys in. 9n my list this place. You done embankment yet or is it not accessible?
Down in the bowels of Britain. Interesting feat of engineering & architecture back in the day. Outstanding video.
Beautiful building.
Hats off to your expert guide, living history at its best. Brilliant video, just great viewing. I'm hooked!
Now that was totally different,very educational,i enjoy this period the workman ship along with the mass weight of the machinery, how they installed the equipment and many more thing's,including the architecture,i could spend week's in there, thank you to all for this video getting more and more professional,keep it up guy's a big thump's up as all way's.
Why "forgotten" ? It's one of the best known examples of Victorian engineering around.
Jokes aside, that was truly fascinating. I lone old pump houses and victoriana, and this just took my breath away. I would happily kill to explore a place like that.
Beautiful stuff. Would make great surroundings for a steampunk museum if the building is ever abandoned.
For those interested in what the underground reservoirs would look like here is a link for some pictures of a 10million gallon underground reservoir built in Haringey in around 1868.
www.localityonline.com/location/reference/495
The interior looks much the same to that of the Crossness reservoir shown in some sketches when the Prince of Wales opened it
news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8993000/8993921.stm (picture 4 of 10)
Also some other pictures of pumping stations and sewage works around the London area, some modern works along with some old works still in used.
www.localityonline.com/location/partner/thames-water
I hope you don't mind me sharing these links on here.
fascinating .....good old basiljet ...a man of vision.......these are better videos than what the tv companies do
Erm this guys explanations are well...questionable...
This station was used in filming of a new movie, "Jingle Jangle, A Christmas Adventure" that just came out.
That is one big beautiful machine! All of that tech just to move crap around. Wow .....
Seen videos on this place before but never as good as this, what a place can't get over how big it is, Thanks for a great video. Enjoy what you present, here in Australia we seem to forget our history. thanks again.
Oh I am involved with a steam museum here, love the old stuff.
Unbelievably what an installation, the guide is well informed.
Great history of industrial revolution.
I'd love to see some photos of workers built and operated this mechanical beauty. lots of Millwall and Charlton supporters i guess.
In the 1800s that would be a crappy job, good video and i was cringing when they were touching dried poop
Whether it be the temples of Greece, the amphitheatres of Rome or the pyramids of Egypt, all great empires leave behind them an architectural legacy. The British empires legacy is its public works buildings like this one.
Don't know if you have done already, but you guys should check out the old iron works down in Mells, Somerset.
Its quite interesting, and as I understand you can go through the old flu and chimney system that is up and behind the old forges. There is still an original water wheel down there and all the water tunnels underground. Seriously you guys should check it out if you haven't done already. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Iron_Works,_Mells
I love these big steam engines! This was very interesting and I will watch it again!
Definitely worth visiting on a steaming day. The new works next-door are huge, but not accessible to the public.
Absolutely amazing!!
Poor old Dartford lol, my town would have copped it haha, amazing place mate :-)
Superb vid many thanks for your effort enthusiasm and interest. Please keep em coming.
What happened, really. We went from a time where buildings that you would think don't need any form of decoration or finishing having it and looking like temples or palaces to a time where everything is either big squares of concrete with big windows and all white and grey or copy paste buildings with basically 0 aesthetics or design as they all look the same, we've lost so much when it comes to architecture.
Definitely on my to do list. When i take a plane from Sweden to London hopefully in august i'll be sure to check this awesome place out! Because it is a museum right? Atleast all the signs and stuff makes it look like it.
No gas monitoring was shown when traversing into the pit! H2S is a very nasty gas! consider yourself lucky
One of Londons hidden treasures a truly awe inspiring construction. The scale, grandeur, attention to detail and engineering are all mind blowing. Visit if you can you'll not be disappointed.
great vid ian.. ive been in the pump house at three mills in bow.. beautiful building's like a church in ways..
Wow, what a fantastic piece of machinery.
When was this pump station last in use?
I wonder if the interior has ever been used to make any BBC syfy series.