Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3417 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Post medieval to modern hydraulic ram |
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Summary
A hydraulic ram built by John Blake of Accrington, an hydraulic engineer working in the early 20th century. The ram is set within a domed brick chamber sunk below ground level. A hydraulic ram is also marked in this location on an Ordnance Survey map of 1883.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6702 1725 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61NE |
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| Parish: | MIDDLETON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Hydraulic ram (Ordnance Survey).
Makers plate Blake of Accrington. Set in brick domed chamber sunk below ground level, resembling ice house!
E. Rose (NAU) 17 June 1981.
Blackburn Museum record John Blake as hydraulic engineer early 20th century. Previously engineer and brass founder. 20m (68ft) away from chamber a flared topped iron flue projects from a mound.
See (S1).
E.M. James (KLM) 29 March 1984.
A hydraulic ram is marked at this location on (S2).
S. Spooner (NLA) 16 June 2006
Monument Types
- HYDRAULIC RAM (Post Medieval to 21st Century - 1540 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Slide: Various. Slide. KLM. |
| <S2> | Map: Ordnance Survey. 1883. First edition six inch map. |
Related records - none
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