Report - Dalton Pumping Station, Co. Durham, June 2012

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Dalton Pumping Station, Co. Durham, June 2012



Visited with chiroptera, momentum and goan, I'm really glad to have finally got to see this place, It was a nice relaxed explore and a real good day and night in general, cheers to all involved

A snippit of info provided by xm657 on a previous report:

The full story was that the building became seriously unstable in the 1930s or thereabouts, of course the beam engine uses the building to support itself so puts load and vibration through the brickwork. So it had to be abandonded in the 30s hence the look that it has just been left - the intention was probably to repair at some point but then electric pumps meant it wasn't needed.

The building was never repaired but the engine wasn't scapped either, it was just left as is for decades. Recently though the building was finally stabilized and repaired by English Heritage. Not much has happened internally but there are signs of volunteer work to preserve as far as possible.


As the engine stopped working not because it broke down or was seriously worn out, it would make a great candidate for steaming again one day assuming 70 years of idleness haven't seized it solid.

(Nut bigger than my head! )

Thanks for looking