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  2. List of public art in Swansea - Wikipedia

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    Tawe barrage pump house, SA1 Swansea Waterfront, Swansea 51°37′7.1″N 3°55′52″W  /  51.618639°N 3.93111°W  / 51.618639; -3 Merchant navy Memorial

  3. Birchgrove, Swansea - Wikipedia

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    Birchgrove (Welsh: Y Gellifedw) is a suburb and community in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. It is situated about 4.5 miles (7 km) north-east of Swansea city centre, between the flood plain of the River Tawe and Mynydd Drumau (Drummau Mountain). The community of Birchgrove had a population of 7,392 in 2011.

  4. Caswell Bay - Wikipedia

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    In 1879, the religious poet and hymn writer Frances Ridley Havergal died of peritonitis in a house near Caswell Bay. A memorial plaque commemorates this. In 1883 a wind pump was built at the peak of Redley Cliff to pump water to nearby houses. The wind pump was badly damaged in a gale less than five years later and had ceased to be used by 1900.

  5. List of buildings and structures in Swansea - Wikipedia

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    BT Tower; Civic Centre; DVLA Computer Centre; Guildhall (Grade I listed); Kilvey Hill TV transmitter; The Tower, Meridian Quay; Mumbles Lighthouse (Grade II listed); Palace Theatre ...

  6. Thomas Nicholson (architect) - Wikipedia

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    Nicholson became the Hereford Diocese Architect and was working in St Peter's Street, Hereford in 1865. [4] He had an extensive practice in the Welsh Marches.In 1855 he extended the church at Stoke Prior started by Thomas Duckham.

  7. Blackpill, Swansea - Wikipedia

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    The area is centred on a seafront building on Mumbles Road, which once served as a station and power station for the Swansea and Mumbles Railway; today, it houses a cafe called "The Junction". The land between Mumbles Road and Blackpill beach is used as Blackpill Lido, a family and children's play area which is popular in summer.

  8. Pumping station - Wikipedia

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    A four pole or six pole AC induction motor normally drives the pump. Rather than provide large open passages, some pumps, typically smaller sewage pumps, also macerate any solids within the sewage breaking them down into smaller parts which can more easily pass through the impeller. The interior of a sewage pump station is a very dangerous place.

  9. National Waterfront Museum - Wikipedia

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    Consisting of a major new slate and glass building integrated with an existing Grade II listed warehouse (formerly the Swansea Industrial and Maritime Museum), the new museum deals with Wales' history of Industrial Revolution and innovation by combining significant historical artifacts with modern technologies, such as interactive touchscreens and multimedia presentation systems.