Monday 13 April 2009

Papplewick Pumping Station

Yesterday, with the weather being reasonable ie not raining all the time, we took the opportunity to visit Papplewick Pumping Station for their steam day ( and became paid up members at the same time)
Papplewick Pumping Station is a Victorian water pump powered by two James Watt beam engines that was used until recent times to pump the water for areas of Nottingham.
There were also a few miniature traction engines, a small fairground organ and a good turn out from what looked to be the local Austin club.I have put together a short film here which hopefully will give some idea of the scale of the engines.



Also, being of artistic mind ( yeah, well maybe) I took a lot of photos for ideas and inspiration.
here are a few of them and more can be seen here.

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Papplewick Pumping Station 100

9 comments:

Wanda said...

These are great photos...full of inspiration! And yeah...I think you can say you are of artistic mind! Without a doubt!

Nuvofelt said...

Definitely insprational!

Julie said...

Looks like a grand day out! And lots of great pics.

Affer said...

The photos are really good - I particularly liked the near-B&W shots of the chain and the gear wheel. I knew a girl who made up some printed fabrics using photos of metal surfaces taken by an electron scanning microscope. A row of cushions she produced looked quite extraordinary!

Lady Euphoria Deathwatch said...

Hi Guzzisue,

Thank you for the show. I love your pictures.

Hugs, Euphoria

Chrissie said...

Ooh I love a man with an oily rag!
Very evocative photos too of the chain links - I'm sure you'll find your inspiration

Jane said...

Brilliant photos and enjoyed the video, I could almost smell the engines. Isn't that old pumping machinery wonderful, so bold and confident.

JannArt said...

Great photos. Lots of inspiration. Sounded like a good day out.

Clare Wassermann said...

We visited the same day at Papplewick 8 years ago but we were only talking about it yesterday. I loved the sound of the pumping station engine - a deep pulse. We all loved the little steam train. x