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Latitude: 51.5075 / 51°30'26"N
Longitude: -0.0517 / 0°3'6"W
OS Eastings: 535310
OS Northings: 180527
OS Grid: TQ353805
Mapcode National: GBR J9.PNL
Mapcode Global: VHGR1.2C1Q
Plus Code: 9C3XGW4X+X8
Entry Name: London Hydraulic Power Company Station with Number 37
Listing Date: 27 September 1973
Last Amended: 2 December 1977
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1242419
English Heritage Legacy ID: 206335
ID on this website: 101242419
Location: Shadwell, Tower Hamlets, London, E1W
County: London
District: Tower Hamlets
Electoral Ward/Division: St Katharine's & Wapping
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Tower Hamlets
Traditional County: Middlesex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: St Peter London Docks
Church of England Diocese: London
Tagged with: Restaurant Hydraulic power station
WAPPING WALL El
TQ3580 23/823 (North West Side)
London Hydraulic power
Company Station with No 37
II*
1890, dated. Red brick with slated and glazed roofs. Single storey with two towers. Arched windows with keystone, pedimented gables. The rear tower has a panelled base and cornice but is plain above; the front one is taller with pedimented windows at eaves level. No 37 is dated. 1891 in gable, Red brief; with string courses at cill level, slate roof. Two or three storeys, two windows 1.1, each is a paired sash, Arched entrance to right, Stepped gable with double arched window, dormer to right also another stepped gable. This was the Station Superintendent' house. The buildings have landmark and group value but more important is the historic and technological interest of the machinery still in situ and working order. This station was the last working of the London hydraulic Power Company and functional from 1893 to June 1977. Among the remaining plant are:-
1. Electrically driven pumps dating from the 1950's
2. Two accumulator towers,
3. Two large cast-iron tanks for clean and dirty water
4. Fittings of the inlet and filtration plants
5. 'Cast-iron hydraulic mains of 6", 7" and 8" diameter with their usual fitments
All except item 1 are original. Wapping Wall is the last remaining fully fitted hydraulic power station in Britain and the grading reflects its importance.
Listing NGR: TQ3531080527
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