Building    From 1930  To 1970

Lavender Pumphouse

Categories: Engineering

Built to control the water level in the former Surrey Docks.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Lavender Pumphouse

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Lavender Pumphouse

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Cuthbert Arthur Brereton

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