Pumping Stations
The pressure was maintained at a nominal 800 psi (about 5.5 MPa, or 54 bar) by five hydraulic power stations, originally driven by coal-fired steam engines. These were at:
- Falcon Wharf Pumping Station next to Blackfriars Bridge (this was the first)
- Renforth Pump House (Rotherhithe, Canada Water) (opened in 1904), using the defunct Tower Subway to carry pipes under the Thames
- Wapping Hydraulic Pumping Station (est. 1890) (closed in 1977 and the last to be used)
- City Road Basin on the Regent's Canal in Islington
- Pimlico along Grosvenor Road (79 Grosvenor Rd, Westminster, London SW1V 3, UK).
Short-term storage was provided by hydraulic accumulators, which were large vertical pistons loaded with heavy weights.
Read more about this topic: London Hydraulic Power Company
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