Having moved the boats that wished to go out of the Worcester & Birmingham side of the basin, the next thing was to shut the emergency gates, in preparation for pumping out the cut. The tug came up from Granville Street bridge, and closing the emergency gate would only take a moment. Snag – though the gate in the Worcester …
The Pump at Titford
The Sulzer Pump, initially installed at Titford Pumphouse in 1965 to replace a Tangye horizontal oil engine, has been restored by Jeff Barley and is now re-installed at the pumphouse with support from Smethwick Industrial Services Ltd. (News item originally from 11 Jul 2011)