The Abbey Pumping Station pumped Leicester's sewage from 1891 to 1964, with the engines restored after the station became a museum. The event, on Sunday, will see its beam engines in steam, while ...

Leicester's Abbey Pumping Station Museum will hold a family fun day this weekend to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The event, on Sunday, August 20, will see the pumping station’s beam engines ...

The pumping station designed in a cruciform plan, with a Slavic dome and a Byzantine interior. Two Moorish-styled chimneys unused since steam power had been replaced by electric motors in 1933 were ...

The oldest of the pumping buildings at Abbey Mills has operated since 1868 and the site is still classed as critical infrastructure — surrounded by 10ft-high fence topped with razor wire. Read More ...