Hot water furnace inside the Abbey Pumping Station Museum, which houses exhibitions on washing and sewage, transport & public health.

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Opened in 1891, the Abbey Pumping Station pumped Leicester's sewage to the treatment works at Beaumont Leys and the grand Victorian building and beautifully decorated beam engines were a cause of great civic pride. The building closed as a pumping station in 1964.

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Size: 3072px × 4608px
Location: Leciester, Leicestershire, UK
Photo credit: © Susie Kearley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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