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Stretham Old Engine House (1831) (MoC113.71)

Stretham Old Engine

History of Stretham Old Engine

Listed Building

Engine House. 1831 Gault brick, Flemish bond with slate roofs. … An Act of parliament was passed in 1741 for the drainage of Waterbeach level. The water was pumped from the fen to the Old West River. (Historic England)

Stretham Old Engine O/S 1886

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

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