Proposal:Pumping Station
| Pumping Station | |
|---|---|
| Proposal status: | Abandoned (inactive) |
| Proposed by: | Dysteleologist |
| Tagging: | waterway=pumping_station |
| Applies to: | node/area |
| Definition: | facility for pumping water between places |
| Statistics: |
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| Rendered as: | ? |
| Draft started: | 2008-09-23 |
| RFC start: | 2008-12-20 |
Definition/Proposal
Pumping stations are used to help drain low lying areas of land and to prevent those areas from flooding. They are often built across man made drainage channels, or next to dykes. For more information and images see Wikipedia Pumping Stations
Rationale
Pumping stations are a major feature of many large land drains and provide a method of controlling water flow just as weirs and dams do (both of which have their own tags).
Tagging/Applies To
nodes, areas (for larger pumping stations)
waterway = pumping_station
better: man_made=pumping_station
- type=wastewater- Render:
Examples
There are several hundred pumping stations of various sizes within the UK in low lying areas including the Fens, the Somerset Levels and Romney Marsh.
e.g.
Black Sluice Pumping Station, Boston, Lincolnshire, UK (South Forty Foot Drain into River Witham)
St Germans Pumping Station, Wiggenhall St Germans, Cambridgeshire, UK (Middle Level Main Drain into River Great Ouse) New St Germans Pumping Station (works best in Internet Explorer)
Comments
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