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
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.
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!
A sewage pumping station certainly, but a living monument to the Victorian engineer and archtect's philosophy: "What works well looks well, because beauty and utility are one in the mind of God!" And that says it all!
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 how detailed it is. We need some of these old manufacturing techniques back!
We do too!
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!
बहुत पुराणा और मजबुत प्लांट सुनियोजीत काम
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!
Das ist ein eindruckvolles Monument für die Notwendigkeit guter Ausbildung jeder Generation!!!
just stunning well done you guys
Thanks so much!
Everything the Victorians described and made is beautiful , everything is cheap and nasty nowadays.
I was there when you guys were recording we made up the “ beautiful and stinky “ 😂😂
What an Incredible building. I know it for the sewers. But So nice inside wow
We agree!
20 years to restore. Amazing that it was built in 6 years 1859-1865
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!
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!
Thank you 😊 🙏
You’re welcome 😊
Very interesting, informative and enjoyable - thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
A sewage pumping station certainly, but a living monument to the Victorian engineer and archtect's philosophy:
"What works well looks well, because beauty and utility are one in the mind of God!"
And that says it all!
You can see on the map that there’s another one north of the river, at Bow.
Wonderful British pride in their work!
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!
Dang. That's one site where funding should be a non issue...c'mon folks- Surry Virginia
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.
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.
Old Hydro Power Station from the Real Past.