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Crossness Engines Trust

About the group The Crossness Pumping Station was built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette as part of Victorian London's urgently needed main sewerage system. It was officially

Created 6 July 2013

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see image record [EPW009961] The River Thames at Erith Marshes, Erith, from the north-west, 1924 1924 and the Pumping Station is all alone on the marshes.	yinkltd	Sunday 7th of July 2013 10:59:37 AM
see image record [EPW040945] The Southern Outfall Drainage Works and electricity pylons crossing the River Thames at the Halfway Reach, Erith, 1933 A slightly different view. The workers' dwellings can be clearly seen overlooking a 'village green'. This was, in fact, the cover of a 6 acre reservoir of London's waste.	yinkltd	Saturday 6th of July 2013 04:23:19 PM
see image record [EPW040945] The Southern Outfall Drainage Works and electricity pylons crossing the River Thames at the Halfway Reach, Erith, 1933 A rare photo of the pumping station in splendid isolation.	yinkltd	Saturday 6th of July 2013 04:16:30 PM