Record Details
| NHER Number: | 41059 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of post medieval pumping station |
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Summary
A pumping station existed here in the post medieval period. It had a beam engine installed in 1849 and was still in existence by 1936. Sadly, no trace of this building survives into modernity.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 66036 97937 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL69NE |
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| Parish: | WEREHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Beam engine installed 1849. Lancashire boiler and flywheel with spokes cast in halves.
(S1) states in existence 1936 but now totally disappeared; however, current Ordnance Survey mapping shows a building on this site marked 'pumping station'.
E. Rose (NLA) 22 October 2004.
Monument Types
- PUMPING STATION (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Hinde, K.. 2004. Pumping Stations in the Norfolk Fens Part 3, East of Ouse.. NIAS Journal. vol 7, pt 4, pp 97-98.. |
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