British pumping station from the 1930s

The walls of the station are dotted with traces of bullets and shrapnel; on the roof there is a concrete pillbox, from which it is convenient to conduct observation and fire. From here the water pipe went through Latrun to Jerusalem. The operation of the pumps was ensured by an electrical substation that ran on coal, which was transported here by rail and unloaded at the near station, while trying to inspect which the local police arrested me. This is how everything here is interconnected...
In May 1948, Alexandroni's brigade drove out the Iraqis troopers from here and captured the station and the neighboring village of Rosh Ha-Ayin, but Latrun had by that time been captured by the Arab Legion, which immediately cut off the water supply to Jerusalem. The Israelis laid a new pipe from Rekhvot, since then this station has stood abandoned...