Pumping Station with a view Traditional Cache
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Pumping Station with a view
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New cache. Old one fell to pieces. Still has a damp logbook, so I will replace when I get the chance
When John Outram was given the opportunity to design a building to accommodate pumping equipment and computer plant to return surface water to the river Thames he created not a basic industrial fabrication but a truly classical and enduring design subsequently christened the “Temple of Storms”. Public access is denied, the building is visited only once a week for maintenance and because of the flood protection it provides to areas of London ,security against vandalism is of vital importance. You can get to the cache from either side of the pumping station. The Pumping station was built in 1987-88 , inside is a quite plain brick pumping chamber with a tank and a control room. The outside however is full of symbolism which is described by the architect. The steel-tube gate into the fortified compound of the Station is given a form of a giant eye, whose vacant ball can be got to line-up with the ‘solar cave’-between-two-mountains. The two wings of the gate-eye then lie over the two (aetos) ‘eagles-wings’ of the split pediment Although considered “Postmodern” in many ways it is also looks back to the Victorian age when seemly unimportant buildings were given ornate and decorative finishes. The pumping station employs submersible pumps to drain surface water from the newly developed Enterprise Zone of the Isle of Dogs, London, and discharges storm overflows from an existing combined sewer system. At full development the nominal capacity of the pumps will be 12 m3/s. After screening the flow passes to the pump chamber, where 12 main and two sump pumps are located. The main pumps deliver through individual syphon discharge pipes to a high level surge tank, which drains by gravity through a short outfall to the river Thames. Diaphragm walling was used in the construction of the foundations and underground work. Attractive brick buildings form the pump hall and building housing the high voltage electrical equipment and the transformers. Steel sheet piles protect the river frontage. There is better disability access via the left hand side of the pumping station, just go past Galleons view and up the slight slope, there is access via Folley Wall but there is a high step on the curb and it may be more difficult. There are dog walkers in the area and they often leave nasty surprises so be aware of you are caching with children. Cache placed at 2:30pm 16/7/2015
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[In a tree on an island you will feel like a giant]
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