Thompson's Pit engine house, Cock Road
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Thompson's Pit engine house, Cock Road
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 19 Oct 2019
A remarkably intact engine house at 54 Cock Road, Kingswood. This is believed to date from c1820 and house an engine used for pumping and winding. Although one source claimed it housed a vertical engine, it may well have held a Newcomen type beam engine. There is a large bricked up arched opening that may have been where a beam passed out of the building. The pit was a coal pit or colliery as Kingswood had a coalfield that was developed at an early date. The Bristol area is home to some remarkable survivors from this early industrial period but some do not possess any form of statutory protection - like this building.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.453141
Longitude
-2.493578
