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©Roger Smith
Dist:0.6km<br/>One of the two Davy Bros, Sheffield Cornish beam pumping engines. They have since been tidied up and the building has been restored.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km<br/>A more recent view showing the renovated beam engine house.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km<br/>Contains two Cornish beam pumping engines and has more recently been renovated. It was proposed to turn the boiler house into a pub but I don't think this has happened yet.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km<br/>The entrance was open today but not much seemed to be going on. Apparently an entrepreneur bought it in 2001 and received an English Heritage grant to help refurbish the building and turn it into 'The Famous Old Pump House' restaurant and pub, as indicated on the decaying board at the entrance. Much was renovated, but the money appears to have ran out. A recent incursion http://www.derelicte.co.uk/dalton-pumping-station shows that a lot of the original machinery is still in place
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.6km<br/>The building once housed steam engines for pumping water for the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company. It was built in the late 19th century and went out of use in 1941 http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=D808 Comparison to the photograph by Chris Allen taken in 1994 [[144015]] shows that its proposed redevelopment has been somewhat delayed. Several chimneys have however, been removed.
©Andrew Curtis
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©Andrew Curtis
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©Roger Smith
Dist:0.9km<br/>Quiet approach road from Kinley Hill and Hawthorn Dene to the village
©Chris Heaton
Dist:0.9km<br/>The crop here seems to be Telegraph Poles and Electrical Pylons. The map has this down as woods - as you can see that is not correct
©Chris Heaton
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©Roger Smith
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©Roger Smith
Dist:1.0km<br/>Part of the village, looking north from the Stapylton Arms
©Chris Heaton
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©Roger Smith
Dist:1.0km west<br/>The information reads as follows: Valley Wetlands Ephemeral wetlands, those which dry up for short periods of time during the summer, are one of the most threatened habitats in the world. Small shallow ponds and wet ground support a wide variety of wetland plants and animals which are becoming rare or endangered. The Valley Wetlands at Dalton Park have been created as a habitat for amphibians such as Newts, which thrive in ponds that are shallow and warm, and where there are few tadpole predators such as fish. The warm shallow ponds are also an ideal breeding ground for Dragonflies and other insects, and attract a variety of small reptiles.
©Roger Smith

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