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Mill Meece Pumping Station is located in the village of Millmeece in Staffordshire. Its function, powered by steam engines, was to pump water from boreholes to a reservoir in Hanchurch, from which it would supply the Potteries area.
The Chimney is Grade II listed. The pumping station was first put to work with one engine, two boreholes and two boilers in 1915 though did not pump to the public water supply until 1919. The second engine pumping from two new boreholes first pumped water in 1928. Both engines continued to operate until 22 December 1979. Water is still pumped from the Mill Meece site by electric pumps, but the steam engines remain in their original location.
The pumping station is open to the public.