Monument record MLI81801 - Water engine adjacent to Mill Drain, Potterhanworth Fen

Summary

Water engine adjacent to Mill Drain, Potterhanworth Fen

Type and Period (2)

  • (Post Medieval - 1800 AD? to 1831 AD)
  • (Post Medieval - 1800 AD? to 1831 AD)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

61766 A water engine, wind-powered, and presumably for land drainage, is marked on the 1824 OS map adjacent to Mill Drain, Potterhanworth Fen, but is not present on the 1906 OS County Series map. {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 61765, 61803, 61807). {3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1824-1825. 1 Inch Map - First Edition. 1:63360. Sheet 29.
  •  Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-06. 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition. 1:2500. 71/16.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. pp.351, 365.

Map

Location

Grid reference TF 109 684 (point)
Civil Parish POTTERHANWORTH, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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