Building record MLI20022 - Pinchbeck Engine

Summary

19th century drainage engine used for clearing Pinchbeck Marsh.

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Full Description

Drainage engine used for clearing Pinchbeck Marsh. Engine house of red brick with hipped slate roof; cast-iron windows and doors, and a date stone of 1833. The chimney has been demolished to eaves level. Inside, the building is divided by a spine wall; to one side is a boiler, manufactured by Galloways Ltd and dated 1893. The adjacent beam engine is probably the original one with later alterations: there is no maker's plate, and it has a high pressure cylinder as well as the normal low pressure one. The flywheel drives, via reduction gears, a swop wheel. Well maintained and in a good state of preservation - The Internal Drainage Board aims to keep this in very good condition, and consequently they spend a fair amount of money on it. {1}{2}{3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Scheduling Record: HBMC. 1971. AM 7. SAM 248.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. PINCHBECK. TF 22 NE:B -.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). P 603.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TF 26174 26145 (16m by 17m) Surveyed
Civil Parish PINCHBECK, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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