Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10260 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Remains of a steam or oil powered drainage mill |
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Summary
The remains of a post medieval draining pump were still visible in 1979. An iron wheel for a belt drive with two sets of spokes remained on a concrete column, accompanied by a tree growing up inside the pump. A modern pump house stands to the east.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3026 0706 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG30NW |
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| Parish: | POSTWICK WITH WITTON, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
26 September 1979. Site visit.
Draining pump. Iron wheel, with two sets of spokes, for belt drive, remains on concrete column. Next to it a large iron tube, possibly for a scoop wheel, or a vertical pump, emerges from a brick sluice. Tree growing up inside.
A modern pump house stands to the east.
E. Rose (NLA), 26 September 1979.
(S1) notes: There was a steam engine house here in a wooden shed on brick foundations that remain. It worked until 1912 when replaced by oil engine with two flywheels started by a gas cylinder. There was a huge iron tube fitted with a pulley and a turbine. A slip dyke led to the building possibly for wherries to unload coal which was not kept indoors.
These features are extremely unusual and should be preserved.
E. Rose (NLA), 2 July 2007.
Monument Types
- DRAINAGE MILL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PUMPING STATION (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Monograph: Ward, A. J.. The Wind and the Water. |
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