1900 Ordnance Survey map and 2020 aerial view side by side map courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. Bestwood Water Pumping Station and Borehole constructed by Nottingham City Council in 1901 and is on Lamins Lane junction Mansfield Rd, Nottingham, NG5 8PH. (about 2 Km north of Arnold) From Wiki: Bestwood Pumping Station was built between 1871 and 1874 on land belonging to William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans. It was commissioned by the Nottingham Water Company and designed by Thomas Hawksley. Several of the structures on site are listed including the pump house, lodges, landscaped ornamental cooling pond, several cast iron lamps and the boundary walls. The 172 feet (52 m) high chimney is concealed and disguised as a huge campanile topped by a cupola. It was equipped with two 125hp rotative beam engines built by Joseph Whitham and Son, Leeds. The pumping station yielded more than 3.5 million imperial gallons (16,000 m3) per day from the pebble beds. It pumped water through two 18 inch mains to Red Hill reservoir and one 18 inch main to the Papplewick reservoir .It operated until 1964 when a new electric pump house was built. The steam engines were removed between 1968 and 1972.
From Wiki: Bestwood Pumping Station was built between 1871 and 1874 on land belonging to William Beauclerk, 10th Duke of St Albans. It was commissioned by the Nottingham Water Company and designed by Thomas Hawksley. Several of the structures on site are listed including the pump house, lodges, landscaped ornamental cooling pond, several cast iron lamps and the boundary walls. The 172 feet (52 m) high chimney is concealed and disguised as a huge campanile topped by a cupola. It was equipped with two 125hp rotative beam engines built by Joseph Whitham and Son, Leeds. The pumping station yielded more than 3.5 million imperial gallons (16,000 m3) per day from the pebble beds. It pumped water through two 18 inch mains to Red Hill reservoir and one 18 inch main to the Papplewick reservoir .It operated until 1964 when a new electric pump house was built. The steam engines were removed between 1968 and 1972.