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River Dove, central England

Dove catchmentRiver Dove, Central EnglandRivers and valleys of the Peak DistrictRivers of DerbyshireRivers of Staffordshire
Tributaries of the River Trent
Stepping stones over the River Dove
Stepping stones over the River Dove

The River Dove ( DUV, traditionally DOHV) is the principal river of the southwestern Peak District, in the Midlands of England and is around 45 miles (72 km) in length. It rises on Axe Edge Moor near Buxton and flows generally south to its confluence with the River Trent at Newton Solney. From there, its waters reach the North Sea via the Humber Estuary. For almost its entire course it forms the boundary between the counties of Staffordshire (to the west) and Derbyshire (to the east). The river meanders past Longnor and Hartington and cuts through a set of deep limestone gorges, Beresford Dale, Wolfscote Dale, Milldale and Dovedale.The river is a famous trout stream. Charles Cotton's Fishing House, which was the inspiration for Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler, stands in the woods by the river near Hartington. The river's name is now usually pronounced to rhyme with "love", but its original pronunciation rhymed with "rove". This pronunciation is still used by some residents of the lower reaches of the river.

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River Dove, central England
Trent Lane, South Derbyshire

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N 52.83156 ° E -1.58601 °
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Trent Lane

Trent Lane
DE15 0SE South Derbyshire
England, United Kingdom
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Claymills Pumping Station
Claymills Pumping Station

Claymills Pumping Station is a restored Victorian sewage pumping station on the north side of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England DE13 0DA. It was designed by James Mansergh and used to pump sewage to the sewage farm at Egginton. The main pumping plant consists of four Woolf compound, rotative, beam pumping engines. These are arranged in mirror image pairs, in two separate engine houses, with a central boiler house (containing five Lancashire boilers with economisers) and chimney. The engines were built in 1885 by Gimson and Company of Leicester. All the engines are similar, and the following description is limited to only one, but applicable to all. The high-pressure cylinder is 24-inch bore by 6-foot stroke, and the low-pressure cylinder is 38-inch bore by 8-foot stroke. Steam is distributed by means of double beat 'Cornish' valves, mounted in upper and lower valve chests. The cylinders act on one end of the beam, via Watt's parallel motion. The beam itself is 26 feet 4 inches between end centres, 4 feet deep at the centre, weighs 13 tons and is carried on 12-inch-diameter (300 mm) bearings. All four wolf compound Beam engines are now in steam (2023) around 14 weekends a year. The site now boasts a collection of 33 original running steam engines. The Four main pumping engines where all operational till 1969 when A & B engines where halted with C & D engines continuing till 1971. The engines where returned to steam in the following order : D engine (2001) C engine (2002) B engine (2017) and finally A engine (2023). The modern sewage works, run by Severn Trent Water, is alongside the pumping station.