Fight to Save Water Pump

Summary


A fight to save a unique relic has been launched after it was allowed to fall into disrepair - despite a painstaking restoration. The Melingriffith water lift engine in Ty Mawr Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff, is the only one of its kind in the world but could be in danger of falling apart unless action is taken to preserve it.

Volunteers handed the relic back to Cardiff council in 1989 after they finished a 15-year project to restore the neglected pump.

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Fight to Save Water Pump

Their efforts cost thousands of pounds and the project received a Prince of Wales Award in 1982.

But now R...

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