Andrew Campbell
Western Thunderer
GW country stations needed water for lavatories and other vital things - like tea - not to mention the occasional water tower. Before the days of mains supplies it must have come from wells. Presumably it was pumped from those wells to water tanks in station buildings. Logically there must therefore have been pumps and presumably those were steam-powered. But where were the pumps? In pump-houses? I don't recall seeing photographs of pre-WW1 stations with separate pump-houses in shot, but then I've led a sheltered life. Where were they?
Or was it the task of some hard-working lad porter to fill the station tank by hand pump, first thing every morning?
Does anyone have any thoughts?
Or was it the task of some hard-working lad porter to fill the station tank by hand pump, first thing every morning?
Does anyone have any thoughts?