The Pumping Station, Whitacre Waterworks
The Pumping Station at Whitacre Waterworks, Shustoke, Warwickshire, is a Victorian Venetian Gothic pumping house built in circa 1860. Along with the construction of Shustoke Reservoir, it was originally designed to pump six million gallons of fresh water per day to nearby Birmingham. It started operating in 1883, but was shortly thereafter in 1904 put into standby as the Elan Valley reservoirs and aqueduct scheme started to supply Birmingham with its fresh water needs. It instead was latterly used in 1908 to supply water to Coventry, and now Nuneaton, Atherstone, and Bedworth. The water supply emanates from the nearby river Bourne and the river Blythe. The pumping station building was listed grade II in March 1982. The listing also covers a Victorian filter house, water well, and Superinte
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The Pumping Station, Whitacre Waterworks
The Pumping Station at Whitacre Waterworks, Shustoke, Warwickshire, is a Victorian Venetian Gothic pumping house built in circa 1860. Along with the construction of Shustoke Reservoir, it was originally designed to pump six million gallons of fresh water per day to nearby Birmingham. It started operating in 1883, but was shortly thereafter in 1904 put into standby as the Elan Valley reservoirs and aqueduct scheme started to supply Birmingham with its fresh water needs. It instead was latterly used in 1908 to supply water to Coventry, and now Nuneaton, Atherstone, and Bedworth. The water supply emanates from the nearby river Bourne and the river Blythe. The pumping station building was listed grade II in March 1982. The listing also covers a Victorian filter house, water well, and Superinte
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