Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10357 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Site of Monks Loke steam engine house |
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Summary
This 19th century steam drainage pump was designed by Edward Easton. The double gabled building contained a beam engine and scoop wheel which was later replaced by a compound horizontal engine.
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Location
Full description
Site of steam engine house, built for drainage purposes. It is not marked on (S1) but appears on all later 19th-century maps.
A. Yardy (HES), 24 October 2011.
October 2004.
(S2) states that this was Monks Loke steam pump, designed by Edward Easton, built around 1840. Double gabled building with beam engine and scoop wheel later replaced by a compound horizontal engine by Easton.
E. Rose (NLA), 27 September 2004.
Monument Types
- STEAM ENGINE HOUSE (Post Medieval to Cold War - 1850 AD to 1975 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Map: 1839. Langley tithe map. |
| <S2> | Unpublished Document: Williamson, T.. 2002. Gazetteer of Broadland sites. |
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