Pump House, Dartmoore, May 08

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After finding this site on facebook and chatting to MrB. we decided to have a look today.
Went with MrB, Lycos (his mate) and sarah (my GF).


Thanks to Geordie_Jon for the below information.

"Dotted around the valley floor are various boreholes, their presence marked by mounds with concrete entrances that make them look like underground military bunkers. There is also a sunken aeration plant and pump station, with skylights punctuating a turf roof now burrowed by rabbits; it is less than a mile up the service track from Birchy Lake, downhill on the left, just as the ruin of Irishman's Wall running up to Belstone Tor is reached. But despite being done by an act of parliament, the water sprites never delivered the quantity decreed. The whole sorry tale is given a good airing by Somers Cocks S, in Gill 1970; Dartmoor a New Study, page 266."
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Not sure what to say about the site.
looks like nature has started reclaiming it from the ground up.
it floods allot, close to 2 foot+.
still got all the pumps in place.

ON TO THE PICS!!!


Pump Room with corridor with about 4 rooms that would have stored water.
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Electrical panel
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there is 4 of theses. 1 for each pump and 1 pump for each room?
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A pump silencer with filter?
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Pumps.
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One of the water rooms. can any one shed any light on what them bell looking things are?
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Group pic
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I'll second that!

hello again guys (and Sarah), yeah very productive day on the whole, thoroughly enjoyed it, you both seem to have the pics pretty well covered for this post so I'll leave it at that, plus I obviously still need some more practice looking at mine...haha, :rolleyes:
Catch you all soon I hope, and thanks again!
Lycos.
 
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shame i missed this one, i know the nearby yes tor & high willhays area really well, will defo check this one out.....

gotta say you guys missed out by not seeing the start of the transat tho.....amazing stuff!:)
 
Scotty said:


One of the water rooms. can any one shed any light on what them bell looking things are?
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Would suggest that if you were in the aeration plant, then these are the aeration heads. The heads in outdoor tanks are normally much larger, but in smaller indoor plants multiple aerators are sometimes used.​
 
Well done peeps!! That looks like a great site!!!! :thumb

Would of loved to have come but oh the joys of working in Southampton. :mrgreen:
 
Amazing stuff guys. I didn't expect to see all that...the pump room's brilliant. Love the shot of the aeration 'bicycle bells' :mrgreen: and the spider web. :)
 

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