Report - Trowse Pump Station -Norwich - Apr 21

[Bikin Glynn]

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The tall red and black brick building known as Trowse Pumping Station lays within City of Norwich. Constructed 1865-1871 by Bazalgette to pump sewage from the North and South Interceptor Sewers to Whitlingham Sewage farm or into adjacent river using three beam engines which are now unfortunately long gone!

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Sewers fed into works by gravity and pumps were used for ejection only. System abandoned when New Mills Station open 1899. Trowse station was modernised 1910 when Whitlingham sewage works replaced sewage farm. It was Modernised again 1961.

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This one is not open very often tbh so was quite lucky to have 2 close visits here.
It all started with my Trowse Mill visit. We looked at the pump house & though it was sealed it looked like someone had been having a go at a door with a crowbar!
I vowed to have a look next time I was in the area which was some months later but as suspected an opening had been made!
There is nothing much actually inside but some lovely Victorian architecture.

Up to the mezzanine & clock mechanism

Thanks For Looking​

 

[Mikeymutt]

Nicely done mate. As you say it's rarely open..it was good to get a second visit in. My mate had never been so he was happy..so cheers for the heads up to say it was open again.

 

[Down and beyond]

I like the looks of that mate very nice

 

[Calamity Jane]

Lovely shots there. Very rustic looking. Like this.

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Lovely shots there. Very rustic looking. Like this.

Thanks Jane its one of them classic explores now that they were supposed to be developing Years ago but not sure it will ever happen!

 

[Speed]

Would make a cracking house.... apart from the shit muncher next door running 27/4 :

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Would make a cracking house.... apart from the shit muncher next door running 27/4 :

Would be a bloody big house. Im sure eventually it will be a wetherspoons or something as shit!

 

[Lndnpdd]

Thats beautiful inside, well captured!

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Thats beautiful inside, well captured!

Thankyou, as far as empty buildings goit aint bad