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undoubtedly one of the finest samples of Victorian industrial design in great
britan, the Papplewick Pumping Station is a wonderful demonstration of 1800s
craftsmanship. It boasts a range of original features including an attractive
cooling pond plus a Boiler House detailed with six Lancashire Boilers, good to
go amidst formal landscaped grounds.
The ornate Engine House hosts the initial twin beam engines, built by James
Watt in 1884. Here visitors find a variety of Victorian engineering and
artistic design, including beautiful stained microsoft windows, elaborately
decorated columns and polished mahogany and brass. Another feat of engineering
can be viewed at Bestwood Country Park, where you can the Winding Engine House,
the past remaining vestige of the large colliery that once dominated the
landscape.