Installed c1860 to supply water to Salterley Grange - now supplying Hartley Farm
Info from Jill - Salterley Grange, built by Henry Camps on his estate c. 1860, bought by Birmingham City Corporation in 1907 which in 1908 they converted in to a municipal sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis, chalets were built in its grounds. The sanatorium became a chest hospital in the 1960s. It closed in the early 1970s and by 1978 the chalets had been converted and sold as housing. Old pump house. Birmingham City Corporation sunk a well here to supply fresh water to the nearby Salterley Grange Sanatorium. The well is 148 ft. deep with a high water level of around 18ft in winter, dropping to less than 1ft in summer. The pump was originally powered by paraffin. Today the well supplies water to Hartley Farm.
Photos and captions by Richard, processed by Sally and uploaded by Mike