Wapping Hydraulic Pumping Station
Wapping Wall, Wapping. Designed by E B Ellington, engineer to the Hydraulic Engineering Co of Chester who supplied the machinery, and built 1889-93. This was the last working station of five built by the London Hydraulic Power Co to provide power for cranes, lifting bridges etc throughout London Docks. It closed in 1977 and was converted to a gallery in 2000.
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Wapping Hydraulic Pumping Station
Wapping Wall, Wapping. Designed by E B Ellington, engineer to the Hydraulic Engineering Co of Chester who supplied the machinery, and built 1889-93. This was the last working station of five built by the London Hydraulic Power Co to provide power for cranes, lifting bridges etc throughout London Docks. It closed in 1977 and was converted to a gallery in 2000.
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