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430,000 gallons a minute, a not inconsiderable volume of
liquid by any standards.
The station is manned around the clock by a total
staff of seventy-five for, should all the pumps fail, the
lower parts of the metropolis, such as the Isle of Dogs,
would start to flood within an hour.
There are plans afoot to build a new station to
replace the three existing engine houses, but there are firm
hopes that Bazalgette's masterpiece will be preserved for
posterity, perhaps as a centre of Industrial Archaeology.
(Andrew Snelling)
March 12th. Geology. Group Annual General Meeting.
The Geology Group marked its tenth anniversary by a
number of special items at the A.G.M. held on March 12th.
at the Brentwood School.
After conclusion of the formal business, which included
election of Mr. J.M. Branson to the office of Permanent
Vice Chairman, in recognition of his sterling services to
the Group, the Chairman introduced the subject of a proposed
presentation to our Hon. Sec. Ron Coates.
The presentation was to honour the completion by our
Secretary of ten years of office, and a selection of the
many goodwill messages received during collection of the
where withall was read out at the meeting. Letters came from
a large number of absent friends whose locations ranged from
Australia via Norwich to Redditch.
Our President, Roy Masefield, then delivered a tape
recorded message from Mr. Branson, a founder member, who
recalled the early days of the Group, and paid a well-
deserved tribute to Ron, referring to the great effort spent
in serving the members over the years.