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Moor Lane, WESTON-SUPER-MARE, BS22 6SJ

Preanes Green in the snow, 1963

The B3440.

The Milestone is located embedded in the garden wall on the South of the road.  Parish of Weston-super-Mare (North Somerset District). Carved stone post, Bristol old stone design, erected by the Bristol turnpike trust in the 18th Century. Inscription reads:- (XVIII / MILES FROM BRISTOL / TO WORLE) Milestone Society National ID: SO_BSWL18

Laurel Farm is a former 19th Century farmhouse, which later became a caravan park. The farmhouse is now studios.

A Marshall of Gainsborough inverted vertical single cylinder test engine that I recall was used at the Merchant Venturers' college in Bristol. The collection has been disbanded and I saw this engine in the open at Arreton Barns on the Isle of Wight - Image The engine is No. 45560 of c1906.

This is a horizontal tandem compound condensing mill engine by Holborow of Dudbridge, Stroud in 1894. The slide valve cylinders are 8" & 14" x 16" and it was used to assist a waterwheel at The Pin Mill in Charfield until about 1950. The flywheel is 70" and there is an adjoining rope pulley 42" diameter. It was rated at 80 bhp at 100 rpm on steam at 100 psi. It is seen here in the collection of the late John Huish at Worle. This site has now been demolished and the engine is at the Brecon Mountain Railway - Image

The late John Huish had amassed a sizable collection of stationary steam engines that were stored in a former laundry that had been a brewery originally. This is a single cylinder vertical steam engine by Thomas Rose of Burford that was used in the Brewery of Garne & Sons Ltd in Burford. It was removed in 1973/4. It was built c1850/60 and the slide valve cylinder was c8" x 14" and the flywheel 5' diameter. It is now on display at the Steam Museum, Preston, Kent. This collection has been dispersed and it looks like the building has been demolished. It was difficult to track it down as nobody seemed to have an address and it wasn't listed with an address in any book I own. I eventually found a letter from the owner with instructions and by deduction my position is pretty close.

Dartmouth Close Play Area opened in 2008 as Preanes Green Play Area, but was renamed in 2010. Dartmouth Close and surrounding area was built in 1966 as part of the Preanes Green housing estate.

This was a private collection in Worle that has since been disbanded and the site appears to have been cleared. This was the largest engine here and mounted on a lorry trailer so that it could be taken to events. This activity ceased as soon as it was realised it was so heavy it tended to bog down. It is an inverted vertical triple expansion engine from a Navy 'Fresh' class water carrier. It is now on display at Chatham Historic Dockyard but I have yet to scan an image of it there.