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Northey Island and Osea Island can be seen in the River Blackwater. Viewed from a Prague bound flight from Heathrow.
©Thomas Nugent
Just upstream of where it joins the Chelmer Navigation above Beeleigh Falls.
©John Myers
Dist:0.3km<br/>Chelmer And Blackwater Canal in flood Compare with [[2216586]], The yellow colour of the water comes from the clay soil.
©Lewis Potter
Dist:0.3km<br/>The first two gates at the far end are sluice gate controlling the flow of the river, the rest are weirs, I had a lot of trouble just to talk with the noise of falling water.
©Lewis Potter
Dist:0.4km<br/>The lock at Beeleigh, on the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation, being used by a canal boat.
©Trevor Harris
Dist:0.4km<br/>This footpath runs from Beeleigh Lock to Langford
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.4km<br/>This is one of 12 locks on the 14 miles of the Chelmer and Blackwater navigation it is still run by the same company that built it in the eighteenth century http://www.cbn.co.uk/
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.4km<br/>The first weir is clearly visible and the lower is the highest and the nosiest of the two.
©Lewis Potter
Dist:0.4km<br/>Blackwater/Chelmer Navigation weir. Just downstream of the confluence of the river and the canal.
©John Myers
Dist:0.5km<br/>This is the footpath from Langford looking towards the bridge near [[1844227]]
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.5km<br/>Compare with [[1844194]]. The waters of the blacwater pour into the tidal chelmer.
©Lewis Potter
Dist:0.5km<br/>The Chelmer flows from the right, The water from the Blackwater cascades over Beeleigh weir from where the shot was taken and into the tidal Chelmer.
©Glyn Baker
Dist:0.5km<br/>Essex Water Company pumping station with a preserved inverted vertical triple expansion pumping engine. This is now the Museum of Power. If I remember correctly, the day I was here was the same day that Thames Water had the official shut down ceremony for Waddon Well Pumping Station - the last UK waterworks with reciprocating steam engines. Hampton's steam turbines went on a little longer but were not as glamorous.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.5km<br/>These three ram pumps are 18.75" diameter by 36" stroke and are driven by a crankshaft extending beyond the 1931 Lilleshall pumping engine. They lift water from the local river and send it to the filter beds, from where it returns to the high lift pumps for sending on to Southend-on-Sea. This is a 50:50 time and flash exposure and i am pleased with the lighting quality.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.5km<br/>The three force pumps under the 1931 Lilleshall steam pumping engine. These have plungers 16.25" diameter x 42" stroke. The rod and cylinder closest is the air pump that removed water and incondensible gases from the surface condenser. The riveted vessel is the oil separator with the exhaust pipe entering from the left. This plant is now not used as the engine exhausts to atmosphere in its museum role. This area can be accessed on request and at the discretion of the operating staff. Hard hats must be worn and the access is steep.
©Chris Allen

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