Image: Water pumping station by the River Esk - geograph.org.uk - 793704

Description: Water pumping station by the River Esk Constructed during World War I to provide water for a huge new munitions factory. The complex of works and housing stretched 9 miles, from Dornock in the west to Mossband near Longtown in the east. The pumping station had three electric pumps, each capable of discharging 5 million gallons of water a day. (Information from the book "Gretna's secret war" by Gordon L.Routledge,1999 - a detailed account of the munitions work.)
Title: Water pumping station by the River Esk - geograph.org.uk - 793704
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