Sandfields Pumping Station.

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Lichfield Waterworks Trust is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered with the charities commission Registered Charity Number 1160873. The trust was set up to save the Grade II* listed building known as Sandfields Pumping Station for the benefit of the wider community. The Lichfield Waterworks Trust are working jointly with Lichfield District Council and Persimmon Homes PLC to: (1) To promote and preserve for the benefit of the public the Grade II* listed nineteenth-century Sandfields Pumping Station complex and associated infrastructure, and to facilitate its safety, conservation, security and accessibility. (2) To promote and preserve for the benefit of the public the unique 1873 Cornish Beam Engine and other fixtures and fittings situated at Sandfields Pumping Station, Chesterfield Road, Lichfield. (3) To promote access to Sandfields Pumping Station for the purposes of education, arts, community development, and protection of the historic environment. (4) To work in partnership, as appropriate, to promote the social and historical context of Sandfields Pumping Station in Staffordshire and the West Midlands, and to build a community of interest around these topics. (5) To promote, manage, maintain and restore water supply industry infrastructure assets and archives which are of historical significance for the benefit of the public. (6) To acquire, disseminate, publish and make accessible historical information, archival material, artefacts and experiences...