[48315] Kew Bridge : London Museum of Water & Steam - Doulton's Manganous Carbon Filter
London Museum of Water & Steam, Kew Bridge, Brentford, Greater London. Built as Kew Bridge Pumping Station. For the Grand Junction Water Works Company. Doulton's New Patent Manganous Carbon Filter. A domestic carbon water filter, c1880-1900. By Doulton's, Lambeth, London. This would be used in richer households. John Doulton founded his first pottery in 1815 in Lambreth, on the banks of the Thames. The main products of the original company were ceramic busts, figurines, canning jars and…