Record Details
| NHER Number: | 35904 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of steam engine house at Norton Swing Bridge Mill |
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Summary
This was the site of a drainage windmill which was replaced by a steam engine house. The engine house remained in use until the main elements were demolished in 1937, with the chimney coming down last in 1967. The remaining building has been used as a house since that time. Modern electric pumps are located in the nearby area.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 4259 0138 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG40SW |
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| Parish: | NORTON SUBCOURSE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Stood on site of a windpump, in addition to two at adjacent site 15576.
Steam engine house erected at time of Enclosures - before 1840 when it was modified.
Originally with Cornish boiler and beam or grasshopper engine; said to have been converted to a Galloway engine in 1848 but fittings now visible are unusual for this type and a turbine may have been intended. Engine house demolished to foundations in 1937, chimney survived until at least 1962, remaining building used as a house.
Electric pumps of 1936 and 1994 adjacent.
Plans, illustrations description in (S1).
E. Rose (NLA) 26 January 2001.
Monument Types
- DRAINAGE MILL (18th Century to 19th Century - 1780 AD? to 1860 AD?)
- ENGINE (pumping engine, 19th Century to Mid 20th Century - 1840 AD to 1937 AD (pre))
- STEAM ENGINE HOUSE (19th Century to Mid 20th Century - 1840 AD to 1962 AD (pre))
- PUMP (Mid 20th Century to 21st Century - 1936 AD to 2100 AD)
- PUMP (Late 20th Century to 21st Century - 1994 AD to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Ward, A.. 2000. Smoke Drifting Over the Reeds.. NIAS Journal. Vol 6, part 4, No 5. p 88ff. |
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