Crossness Pumping Station
Historic site · Belvedere, England
Crossness Pumping Station is at The Old Works, Bazalgette Way, SE2 9AQ, and is listed Grade I as NHLE 1064241. The operator opens the site on selected dates only, publishing Steaming Days, guided tours and special events on a calendar rather than as weekly hours. Admission is £20.37 for an adult, or £22.50 with Gift Aid, and £7.19 for a child aged 5 to 17, or £8.00 with Gift Aid; under-fives go free.
History
The Grade I listing was made on 24 June 1970 as list entry 1064241. The station opened on 4 April 1865 and was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales, with Sir Joseph Bazalgette as chief engineer and Charles Henry Driver as architect. Four rotative beam engines by James Watt and Co. are named Victoria, Prince Consort, Albert Edward and Alexandra; each beam weighs 47 tons and each flywheel 52 tons, and each engine moved about 6 tons of sewage, roughly 1,500 imperial gallons, per stroke at about 11 revolutions per minute. The station was decommissioned in 1956. The Crossness Engines Trust formed in 1987, completed the Prince Consort engine by 2003 and opened the site to the public in 2016. Two workshops in the surrounding works are separately listed Grade II, NHLE 1250557 to the south west and NHLE 1064216 to the south east, both on 1 March 1990.
Visit
The Old Works, Thames Water Sewage Treatment Works, Bazalgette Way, London SE2 9AQ