Interior of Crossness pumping station, built in Victorian times by Joseph Bazalgette as part of the Thames sewerage system.

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Interior of Crossness pumping station, built in Victorian times by Joseph Bazalgette as part of the Thames sewerage system as a solution to the Great Stink of London. It was opened by the Prince of Wales in 1865. The four engines are possibly the largest remaining rotative beam engines in the world, with 52 ton flywheels and 47 ton beams.

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Size: 3342px × 5015px
Location: Belvedere Road, Abbey Wood, London, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Terence Waeland / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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