Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Shore Road Pumping Station, Hamilton St, Birkenhead, CH41 6DJ
The home of the 'Giant Grasshopper engine', a working example of the giant steam pumps built in the 1870s and used to clear water from the Mersey Railway Tunnel. Engine and pump made by Andrew Barclay, Sons and Co.
No longer open to visitors.
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