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| 26TH OCTOBER - 1ST NOVEMBER 2018 | UTILITY WEEK
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The iconic Abbey Mills pumping
station, once powered by steam, is
getting ready to run on 100 per cent
renewable energy thanks to a Thames
Water project happening under the
streets of Newham in London.
When built by Sir Joseph Bazal-
gette 150 years ago, the "Cathedral
of Sewage" was powered by eight
steam-operated beam engines (all still
inside the pump house), before it was
converted to electricity in the 1930s.
The project to link the east London
site to Beckton sewage works via an
8km copper cable – through an exist-
ing duct – will now mean all its power
will come from renewable sources,
rather than the national grid.
Thames Water has generated
green energy at Beckton using a wind
From steam to green
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