Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10262 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Claxton steam engine house |
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Summary
This is the site of Claxton Steam Engine House, now replaced by a modern electric pump.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3462 0510 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG30NW |
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| Parish: | CLAXTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Site of steam engine house.
Marked by (S1) as a wind pump site.
(S2) give for this site - brick, with chimney. Original steam engine by Smithdale of Acle. 1920, Ruston oil engine. 1940s electric pump installed next door. Writer has a vague memory also of seeing a steam engine house here in 1975 from across the river. But not a brick of it now remains, though the modern pump house is still here.
E. Rose (NAU), 28 September 1979.
(S2) records confirm it was in a state of collapse in 1978.
Monument Types
- ENGINE HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PUMPING STATION (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Fiche: Exists. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Smith, A.C.. 1978. Drainage Windmills of the Norfolk Marshes.. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Document: Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Survey. |
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