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George’s Dock Pumping Station





This pumping station was built in 1881 for draining flooded water from the Mersey Railway Tunnel. It housed a grasshopper beam engine like the one at Shore Road Pumping Station in Birkenhead.

The building was partly demolished to make way for the new black glass flats and electric pumps were installed. The grasshopper was removed. There are 4 electric pumps. It is owned by Network Rail. I visited it and shore road on the 21 February 2020. The video of it is on my YouTube channel Tees Cottage Guy.