TQ3488 : Steam pumping engine, Markfield Road, Tottenham
taken 38 years ago, near to Tottenham, Haringey, England
Steam pumping engine, Markfield Road, Tottenham
This 8 column independent Woolf compound beam engine was built by Wood Brothers of Sowerby Bridge and was used to pump sewage. It is currently undergoing a full restoration to working order. The engine house is seen in the background of another picture on site - TQ3488 : Community Nature Garden, Tottenham.
TQ3488 : Community Nature Garden, Tottenham This is part of the structure associated with Markfield Road Sewage Pumping Station. This is now a museum with a beam engine and is seen in the background. The "demolished buildings" were actually storage tanks.