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Dominance

Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge 18/02/2023 ---------
Buildings in Black & White .
I have taken this building as I think it should look good in B&W , I have taken a few shots of the structure before , but not from this angle . I have know this building all my life and always thought it had a rather sombre , dominating and menacing feel to it and maybe Dystopian if the word fits . At the time I took this the sun was shining through the bare trees nearby casting some intriguing shadows on the walls .
Built in 1935 it has an Art Deco feel to the structure , and looking at the size of all the windows and the skylights that are in there , it should be full of light though . It has been known to be flooded with water on occasion in the past when the close by River Mole has been in flood !!

The first public water supply in Leatherhead was created in 1884, when a stream-driven pumping station was constructed in Waterways Road. The works, designed by John William Grover, were capable of lifting 90,000 litres (20,000 imp gal) per hour to a reservoir on Reigate Road. A second diesel-powered station was constructed alongside the first in 1935 and was later converted to electric power. The steam-powered works were demolished in 1992.

The Leatherhead and District Water Co. had been established in 1883, when an Act of Parliament was granted which created the company, and authorised them to build wells and a pumping station on land close to the River Mole and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, in the parish of Fetcham. This was connected by a pipeline to two service reservoirs, both in Leatherhead, which were used to supply water to Leatherhead, Ashtead, Mickleham, Fetcham, Great Bookham, Little Bookham, Stoke D'Abernon, Church Cobham and Street Cobham, now both part of Cobham. They also drew water from a borehole in Waterway Road, where the original
buildings lasted until 1992, when they were demolished to make way for housing. Leatherhead became the next area to join East Surrey Water, when it was taken over in 1927.
The enabling Act extended East Surrey Water's area of supply to include all of the area then supplied by Leatherhead and District Water, and also included the village of Effingham.
A large pumping station was built in the 1930s, next to the original Waterway Road works, which was equipped with diesel pumps to transfer the water to the new Elmer Works on Hawks Hill. Diesel engines were subsequently replaced by electric motors. Elmer Works is labelled a water softening works on the 1935 OS map. The source of water for the Leatherhead pumping station is still a series of ten artesian wells near the millpond at Fetcham. Sutton and East Surrey Water plc was rebranded to SES Water plc in February 2017.

For an apt piece of music , absorb yourself in Waterborne ----

youtu.be/DbaU_v_1QHQ ------
Or you could also listen to Aqua by Edgar Froese , but you should listen to this recording using earphones !!
youtu.be/jNWF50faO0s

Taken in: UK / England / Mole Valley / Leatherhead (show map)

Taken on: February 13, 2023

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Camera: Canon EOS 550D, f/9.0, 1/50 sec, 18mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 550D
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length:	18mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
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