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== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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Image:Pump House Siding1.jpg|The Bristol side | Image:Pump House Siding1.jpg|The pump on the Bristol side of the [[w:River Severn|River Severn]] that helps prevent the [[Severn Tunnel]] flooding. | ||
Image:Pump House Siding2.jpg| | Image:Pump House Siding2.jpg|An outlet pipe on a nearby beach. This shingle beach was formed from debris brought up from the tunnel's workings. | ||
Image:Pump House Siding3.jpg|The Second Severn Crossing passes overhead right next to the alignment of the Severn Tunnel. | Image:Pump House Siding3.jpg|The [[w:Second Severn Crossing|Second Severn Crossing]] passes overhead right next to the alignment of the Severn Tunnel. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[Category:GWR]] | [[Category:GWR]] | ||
Revision as of 21:55, 4 December 2007
<googlemap lat="51.568161" lon="-2.662725"> 51.567267, -2.661095, Pump House Siding 51.568274, -2.665215, Severn Tunnel pump ing station </googlemap>
To Avonmouth: Green Lane Level Crossing
To Severn Beach: Cross Hands Halt
History
Before electric pumps were installed, this pumping station was coal-fired and rail-connected. A siding ran from here to the Severn Beach - Pilning loop.
Gallery
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The pump on the Bristol side of the River Severn that helps prevent the Severn Tunnel flooding. -
An outlet pipe on a nearby beach. This shingle beach was formed from debris brought up from the tunnel's workings. -
The Second Severn Crossing passes overhead right next to the alignment of the Severn Tunnel.
