Monument record MLI81799 - Water engine, next to Mill Drain, Branston Fen
Summary
Water engine, next to Mill Drain, Branston Fen
Type and Period (2)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
61765
A water engine, wind-powered, and presumably for land drainage, is marked on the 1824 OS map, but is no longer there on the 1906 OS County Series map. It was located adjacent to Mill Drain. {1}{2}
In 1831 an act was obtained for improving the drainage of Branston, Potter Hanworth and Nocton. Steam engines were erected in various places both in the above and in other parishes, and these presumably replaced the wind powered mills (see 61766, 61803, 61807). {3}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI3685 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1825. 1 Inch Map - First Edition. 1:63360. Sheet 29.
- <2> SLI3566 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. 71/16.
- <3> SLI886 Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. pp.351, 365.
Map
Location
Grid reference | TF 107 691 (point) Approximate |
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Civil Parish | BRANSTON AND MERE, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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