The former London Hydraulic Power Company pump house was one of five that once powered the capital - The Standard
"An apartment within a converted Victorian pump house that once powered the backup mechanism for Tower Bridge has had its price reduced to £1.295 million.
Built in 1902, Grade II-listed Renforth Pump House in Canada Water was one of five hydraulic pumping stations run by the municipal London Hydraulic Power Company, a first-of-its-kind energy network which supplied the city with a cleaner alternative to steam.
At its peak the network ran 180 miles of pipes beneath the capital, heating and pressurising water from the Thames to power everything from lifts and fire hydrants to revolving stages in the West End."
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