Hauxley pumping station
Great comments posted on this subject. I worked for Dereck Crouch at the Radcliffe site and had the honour of changing the pumps out two times both in the winter. I think at the change out times the Hauxley Pump Station was the coldest and miserable place I have ever been. We would attach a safety collar at the top of the discharge pipe then lift off connection to the pump. once a lifting plate was fitted to the top of the pipe stem we would lift out one section at a time. The bottom section of pipe were always covered with that orange oxide and corroded.
|