Definition of Pumping station

1. Noun. A house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated.

Exact synonyms: Pump House
Generic synonyms: House
Specialized synonyms: Pump Room

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pumping Station

pumped up
pumped up(p)
pumpellyite
pumpellyites
pumper
pumpernickel
pumpernickels
pumpers
pumphood
pumphoods
pumping
pumping iron
pumping lemma
pumping lemmas
pumping lemmata
pumping station (current term)
pumping up
pumpion
pumpions
pumpjack
pumpjacks
pumpjet
pumpjets
pumpkin
pumpkin-shaped
pumpkin ash
pumpkin head
pumpkin pie
pumpkin pies
pumpkin seed

Literary usage of Pumping station

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Metropolitan Sewerage Commission, Massachusetts (1897)
"Charlestown pumping station 70000000 foot-pounds. ... The general arrangement at the Deer Island pumping station during the tests is shown on the ..."

2. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1912)
"Report of Duty Trial on the Six Million Imperial Gallon Pumping Engine at the High Level pumping station, Toronto Water Works. Robert W. Angus. ..."

3. Biennial Report by Nebraska Roads and Irrigation Dept (1906)
"TEST WORK AT CHICAGO'S THIRTY-NINTH STREET pumping station. ... THE pumping station. The complete turning of the sewage of Chicago from Lake Michigan, ..."

4. Annual Report by Minneapolis (Minn.). Engineer's Dept (1901)
"For this reason the third, or North Side pumping station, has of late been chiefly depended upon for the public water supply except when accident has made ..."

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