Steam engines used to pump domestic water supplies to Croydon and associated areas as part of the Croydon Corporation Water Undertaking which was later later taken over and operated by Thames Water. The 1910 engine on its retirement on 23rd June1983 became the last steam engine in water supply service in the UK. Steam power was first used in 1713 for domestic water supply in London.
The buildings have been demolished but the two wells continue to supply water locally via electric submersible pumps. Both engines have been moved to museums where they are preserved and on public display.
The corporation also owned the Addington Well Pumping Station nearby which used rotative beam engines. Thes...