On Saturday, I wrote about our visit to the Kempton Steam Museum. I commented on how magnificent I thoughtt the building was, but lamented the fact that I hadn’t taken a picture. Luckily, Elayne had.
The height of the building reflects the need to house the 19 metre tall steam engines that’s it houses. We were told that the building was constructed first, and the engines taken in piece by piece and constructed in situ.
Given the size of some of the components and the mounts for the steam engines, it is a remarkable piece of engineering. Plus what they were used for, to push 19 million gallons of drinking water per day into the city.
Whilst I was in the museum, I watched an information film about the Metropolitan Water Board, and what they did about the water. It was absolutely fascinating. I’m wondering if the fils are available on YouTube. I must have a look.
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