Crossness Pumping Station: London's Victorian Sewage System | Historic England
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- Опубліковано 13 бер 2022
- Hidden beneath the city streets of London lie 2,000 kilometres of brick tunnels that take raw sewage from our homes, along with 130 kilometres of interconnecting main sewers the size of railway tunnels.
Much was engineered in the middle of the nineteenth century and included magnificent cathedral-like sewage pumping stations.
The Grade I listed Crossness Pumping Station is a sight to behold. Built in 1865 by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the station is a masterpiece of Victorian engineering, with ornamental ironwork worthy of a cathedral.
The site was constructed as part of Bazalgette’s ground-breaking London sewerage system, which heavily contributed to the eradication of cholera in the city.
Crossness is now being restored and cared for by a passionate workforce, mostly volunteers. In 2021, the Crossness Engines Trust received vital funding from the Culture Recovery Fund, administered in partnership with National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Read the story of London’s Sewer System ➡️ heritagecalling.com/2019/03/2... - Розваги
I wish we could still build practical and beautiful.
A Bastion of when Beauty for Beauties sake was more important than Profit for Profits sake.
As a metal worker, i can only imagine the sympathy for metal required to form such beauty, especially in the era and the tools available......I can only applaud the builders
I love your restoration. Especially two of the engines have been kept in rusty condition. rust tells the history of the engines well rather than documents. I really want to visit there.greetings from japan
Thank you very much!
I love how detailed it is. We need some of these old manufacturing techniques back!
We do too!
Fabulous video H.E. From the good old days when the phrase 'MADE IN ENGLAND' actually meant something of the best quality. These days where 'most' things are made in China we have dangerous crap with exploding batteries on electric scooters! Subscribed!
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Das ist ein eindruckvolles Monument für die Notwendigkeit guter Ausbildung jeder Generation!!!
Lovely video! Really infomative to put the engines into context and wonderful to see so many of you doing all this restoration.
Thank you very much!
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You’re welcome 😊
just stunning well done you guys
Thanks so much!
What an Incredible building. I know it for the sewers. But So nice inside wow
We agree!
Everything the Victorians described and made is beautiful , everything is cheap and nasty nowadays.
I remember a visit by our Industrial Society, in a 52 seater coach, back around 1972. It was the very early days, everything had been closed for decades and the interior just a rust colour! I'd love to go back again to see the difference these volunteers have made.
Thanks for sharing!
I know it would take a lot of grease but if they painted grease on nice and thick with the unrestored engines it would halt corrosion for many years maybe decades. It acts the same way as any coating like paint to prevent moisture from contacting the metal. There are four things necessary for corrosion: Anode, a cathode, metal path (all present in metal), and an electrolyte (water). I would propose preserving them in a layer of grease, only needs to be touched up once every ten years or so.
20 years to restore. Amazing that it was built in 6 years 1859-1865
You can see on the map that there’s another one north of the river, at Bow.
I was there when you guys were recording we made up the “ beautiful and stinky “ 😂😂
Informação espetacular e de suma importância para a preservação do patrimônio, bem como auxiliar a propagação da informação e da engenharia. Assim caminha a humanidade! Wonderfull!
Love this, very informative. Could you do some episodes on old guildhall such as Coventry or York
Hi Maryus 👋 we're pleased you enjoyed the video, and thank you for your suggestions!
Very interesting, informative and enjoyable - thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
If you stop it at 1:42 you can see the cylinder and walking beam of the second engine sitting outside. Probably they are there being worked on.
Dang. That's one site where funding should be a non issue...c'mon folks- Surry Virginia
That’s a long time on restoration I wonder how long it took to build the whole building in the first place.
Hi John, the London sewer system was built in stages, starting in 1859. Crossness pumping station was built in 1865.
Wonderful British pride in their work!
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