Ryhope, Water Pumping Station, cooling ponds and reservoir

HER Number:
7203

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Ryhope, Water Pumping Station, cooling ponds and reservoir

Place:
Ryhope

Map Sheet:
NZ45SW

Class:
Water Supply and Drainage

Site Type: Broad:
Water Storage Site

Site Type: Specific:
Reservoir

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Two cooling ponds and one reservoir for water pumping station. 1866-70. By T. Hawksley. Rock-faced snecked stone walls with ashlar coping. Two small cooling ponds with shaped corners lie north and south of the engine house. The large reservoir lies across the width of the site to the east of the engine house but is covered and grassed over at time of survey with gauges set into a concrete platform in the turf. SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENT; LISTED GRADE 2

Easting:
4041

Northing:
5243

Grid Reference:
NZ40415243

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 920-1/7/262