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Pumping Station / Museum of Technology, Cambridge

History of the Pumping Stattion Cambridge

The Cheddars Lane pumping station was built 1894-6 and operated as a combined sewage pumping and waste destructor station. It is now the Cambridge Museum of Technology. The octagonal chimney is 53 metres high.


1892

River Cam from Chesterton Road 1892 (MoC8:92:59)


It is a listed building.

Pumping Station (MoC41/69)

There is a detailed Wikipedia article.

Bellows from Runciman’s veterinary Forge, Downing Street, now at Cheddars lane (MoC3.8.73)

Cheddar Lane Pumping Station (MoC31/92/76)

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  • Building of Local Interest
  • heritage at risk register
  • Listed building

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