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A large industrial building with a tall brick chimney stands behind stone houses beside a quiet road in Pymoor, 1948.

Hundred Foot Engine, Pymore, 1948 (MoC267/68)

Pymoor, Hundred Foot Engine

History of Hundred Foot drainage engine

1886 Ordnance Survey map showing the Hundred Foot Engine area, including a draining pump, a Methodist chapel, and a pub.

Pymore, Hundred Foot drainage engine OS1886

For more information on drainage in this area:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Bedford_River

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