Showing posts with label PUMPING STATION. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PUMPING STATION. Show all posts

Wednesday, 22 July 2015

RELAX..

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....sit back and relax, this picture will take a little explaining. There are two lovely old Victorian water pumping stations fed by the river Roding near Wanstead, unfortunately they are not open to the public. However I managed to get this picture with a telephoto lens, you can just see some of the machinery inside. Unfortunately it doesn't look to me like the original working parts which in their own way were beautiful but you can't have everything. What I really like in addition to the machinery is the colour of the sky reflected in the window and the peeling glass window frame, it's a little off beat but I do like it..

Friday, 22 August 2014

ARCHITECTURE..

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I have always admired the architecture of Victorian pumping stations. It's the first time I have seen the one in Roding Lane South from this point of view. The river in the picture is of course the Roding. I am not sure what the flower in the foreground is, I suspect it's a weed but in any case it looks good.