Bridgwater & Taunton Canal - pumping engine house
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Bridgwater & Taunton Canal - pumping engine house
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 4 Nov 2015
An 1826 pumping engine house that I believe was home to the 33.5" cylinder Boulton & Watt beam pumping engine ordered in 1825. According to the expert on Boulton and Watt pumping engines only a few feeders remain at this grid reference but there is a substantial engine house now converted to a home. This apparently pumped from the River Tone to the canal and later supplied water troughs on the adjoining railway.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.029828
Longitude
-3.01769