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Denhams
Pumping Station
Constructed in 1979 as part of the
North Level Major Improvement Scheme. It was designed to evacuate
surplus water from an area of 761 hectares of predominantly
agricultural land, but there are also approximately 180 houses
that benefit from the protection given by the Pumping Station.
Denhams Pumping Station consists of
one 600mm diameter axial flow Weirs pump, with a capacity
of 62T/min or 1.05 cumecs, powered by a Brook Crompton Parkinson
Ltd. 37kw electric motor. The pump and electric motor are
of all weather construction, the electrical control switchgear
being houses in a purpose built brickbuilding. The pump discharges
directly into the Shire Drain, which then outfalls into the
North Level Main Drain downstream of Tydd St. Giles.
There
are also 2 No. 600mm gravity discharge pipes passing through
the station that cater for low flows.
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