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    Selly Oak Pumping Station was a water pumping station operating in Selly Oak, Birmingham, England, from 1878 until the 1920s. It was built by the Birmingham...
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    Selly Oak is an industrial and residential area in south-west Birmingham, England. The area gives its name to Selly Oak ward and includes the neighbourhoods...
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    to processing sites. A pumping station is an integral part of a pumped-storage hydroelectricity installation. Pumping stations are designed to move water...
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    six wells at Aston, Short Heath, King's Vale, Perry Barr, Selly Oak (Selly Oak Pumping Station survives), and Longbridge. These provided 20 million imperial...
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    ward of Bournbrook and Selly Park and the parliamentary constituency of Birmingham Selly Oak. Before 2018 it was in Selly Oak Council Ward. Prior to what...
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    contingent of iron foundries in Wolverhampton, an act of Parliament, the Selly Oak Canal Act 1793 (33 Geo. 3. c. 121), was obtained in 1793. The Stratford-upon-Avon...
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    Canal from Parkhead locks (Blower's Green) to Hawne Basin (originally to Selly Oak), and Bumble Hole Branch Canal, 5.9 miles navigable. Gas Street Basin...
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    from Parkhead to Selly Oak Junction with the Oxford and Birmingham Canal, including the Gorsty Hill and Lappal Tunnels under the Selly Oak Canal Act 1793...
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    complete. The supports for the hydraulic pumps used to jack up the building started to shift towards the New Street Station railway lines so the building's planned...
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    Immediately opposite are The Woodman, a public house, and Curzon Street railway station - both listed buildings. "ALVA - Association of Leading Visitor Attractions"...
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