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Pumping station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pumping stations are buildings designed to hold pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another. An excellent example of a canal pumping station is the Claverton Pumping Station on the Kennet and Avon Canal. Obviously, the water has to be replaced or eventually the upper levels of the canal would not hold enough water to be navigable, and usually this is done with a pumping station. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pumping_station   (245 words)

ka379 Crofton pumping station pumps water from Wilton Water to the summit of the canal. www.ipresent.co.uk /KA379.HTM   (14 words)

Crofton Pumping Station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Crofton Pumping Station is a pumping station, located near the village of Great Bedwyn in the English county of Wiltshire, which supplies the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal with water. The pumping station was built between 1807 and 1809 in time for the opening of the canal in 1810. An interesting feature of the pumping station is that when the Great Western Railway built its railway line through the area, it passed very close to the station and between it and the canal. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crofton_Pumping_Station   (993 words)

Crofton Pumping Station / Kennet and Avon Canal - Wiltshire Crofton Pumping Station / Kennet and Avon Canal - Wiltshire One attraction along the Kennet and Avon Canal is Crofton Pumping Station. Wilton Windmill is approx 1 mile from Crofton Pumping Station. www.armin-grewe.com /holiday/wiltshire/crofton.htm   (209 words)

Crofton Pumping Station - The Kennet and Avon Canal Trust, Devizes Wharf, Couch Lane, Devizes, Wiltshire, England — Working to Protect Enhance and Promote The Kennet and Avon Canal. A pumping station, complete with two beam pumping engines was to be erected at Crofton to pump the water from natural springs in the area to the summit. Crofton Pumping Station - The Kennet and Avon Canal Trust, Devizes Wharf, Couch Lane, Devizes, Wiltshire, England— Working to Protect Enhance and Promote The Kennet and Avon Canal. So, in 1836, an eight acre lake was created below the pumping station and touching the south bank of the Canal on land belonging to the Marquis of Ailsbury. www.katrust.org /crofton.htm   (454 words)

Crofton (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Crofton Pumping Station, in the county of Wiltshire, England Crofton, a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Bromley, England Crofton town, in Thursby Parish in Cumberland County, in England www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crofton_(disambiguation)   (150 words)

Wiltshire County Council - Wiltshire Community History Get Population/Census Information Crofton pumping station with its engines was restored to working order between 1968 and 1970, so that the public may see what is now the world’s oldest steam engine (of 1812) still in use. A pumping station was built at Crofton to house two beam engines which pumped water from the reservoir to the summit level of the canal some 1km further west. Crofton too, the only other of Bedwyn’s tithings to remain in the modern parish, is listed in Domesday as a separate estate, of eight hides; it retains two seventeenth-century cottages. www.wiltshire.gov.uk /community/getconcise.php?id=105   (3551 words)

BBC - Wiltshire Days Out - Why they're beaming at Crofton Crofton Pumping Station is 6 miles (10km) south east of Marlborough, and 6 miles (10km) south west of Hungerford. The pumping station was built in 1809 and by making use of the Industrial Revolution's latest technology provided a steady supply of water to the Kennet and Avon Canal. And although Crofton is worth a visit even when not in steam, the engines are at their best when fired up and doing the job they were designed for: lifting huge amounts of water some forty feet from the nearby Wilton reservoir to the canal's summit. www.bbc.co.uk /wiltshire/going_out/days_out/crofton.shtml   (631 words)

Seven Wonders of the Waterways Crofton Pumping Station on the Kennet and Avon Canal However, in 1968 the pumping station was sold to the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust, who have lovingly restored it, and the chimney was rebuilt in 1996-97 to its original height of 82 feet. The top 36 feet were declared unsafe in the 1950s and removed, and the reduced draft made the pumping station unworkable, and it was closed. www.luphen.org.uk /canals/7wonders.htm   (2004 words)

SWIAS Summer visits The pumping station was necessary because the summit of the canal - about a mile to the west - was 40 feet above the level of the only available water source in the area which was a network of springs at Crofton. The pumping station at Crofton was built in 1809 as part of the Kennet and Avon Canal. At Crofton Pumping Station, on the bank of the Kennet and Avon Canal between Crofton and Burbage, it was an open 'steaming day' and volunteer engineer, Dennis Munson, of the Kennet and Avon Trust, gave members an introductory talk. www.southwilts.co.uk /site/South-Wiltshire-Industrial-Archaeology-Society/Summer-visits.htm   (634 words)

Encyclopedia: Swindon Swindon railway station is a railway station serving the town of Swindon in Wiltshire in England. The town is easily accessible from either junction 15 or 16 of the M4 motorway, or by rail using Swindon Station. With a population in the region of 180,000, Swindon is often cited as a "boom town" and new housing continues to be built. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Swindon   (561 words)

All Change for the K&A Opposite the pumping station is Wilton Water, built as a reservoir for the canal, with a footpath alongside that leads to Wilton village, which invites with the charms of a duck pond, windmill and the Swan Inn. Back pumping was installed on this flight a few years ago and now the only restrictions on navigation are between locks 29 and 44, where the last time for entering the locks is 2pm each day. There are visitor moorings here and the water powered pumping is occasionally demonstrated but electric pumps do the day to day work. easyweb.easynet.co.uk /jim.shead/All-Change-for-the-KA.html   (3157 words)

This Is Travel A grander canal Meanwhile Crofton Pumping Station, six miles south-east of Marlborough at the highest point of the canal, is powered by the oldest working steam engines in the world. Pumping Days, when the machinery can be seen in action, are on May 25-26, June 21-22, July 26-27, August 24-25, September 28 and October 26. The system pumps water up to the canal from the Avon 48ft below and is worth seeing when the great water wheel, 24ft wide and 17ft in diameter, slowly turns to drive a series of gears, a shaft, cranks and ultimately the pump which delivers 98,500 gallons of water an hour into the canal. www.thisistravel.co.uk /travel/ukholidays/A-grander-canal_article.html?in_article_id=33405&in_page_id=1   (824 words)

Crofton Crofton is a delightful and fascinating example of a very fine piece of well preserved Industrial Heritage. The kit is available at Crofton itself and at other sites of the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust, including their fine Canal Museum at Devizes Wharf. I am grateful to the volunteer team at Crofton for inviting me to produce this model. home.clara.net /rogerpattenden/html/crofton.html   (310 words)

Brolly prince rains supreme - This Is Wiltshire He was visiting the Crofton Pumping Station, home to two of the oldest steam engines in the world dating from 1812 and 1845, on a day of downpours. At the pumping station, Prince Charles chatted with volunteers from the Crofton Society, whose members restored the engines. Pumping station warden Reg Paynter said afterwards: "He was saying how wonderful the place is and that after nearly 200 years the engines can still do the job." archive.thisiswiltshire.co.uk /2003/05/29/154261.html   (224 words)

(GCJCBJ) Crofton Beam Engines (Wilts) by Daisy and her man Crofton Pumping Station was built in 1807 to provide water to the summit of the Kennet and Avon Canal. When the Pumping Station is in steam, it actually carries out the job for which it was built, the electrically powered pumps that now normally do the job being switched off. When the pumping station is open you can proceed under the railway, over the lock gates and along the towpath towards the cache. www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=137009   (860 words)

Kennet & Avon Canal The pumping station is open to the public every day during summer and the pump (powered by the oldest working beam engine in the world) can still be seen in action several weekends throughout the year. Close to the pumping station are 6 locks which take the canal up from Wilton Water to the summit level. To reach the pumping station you must cross the railway line at the bottom of the lane. www.canals.btinternet.co.uk /canals/kennetavonroute.htm   (4877 words)

Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum...Links Claverton Pumping Station on the Kennet and Avon Canal The pumping station "Hertog Reijnout" in the Netherlands. www.wzlet.org /links.htm   (224 words)

A blast from the past for historic engines - This Is Wiltshire HISTORY may be repeated at the canal pumping station at Crofton this summer when for the first time in decades coal needed to fire the two historic steam engines could be brought in by boat. Since the pumping station was restored and reopened in the early 1970s the coal has been brought by road. The engines had to be installed at Crofton because it is at the summit of the Kennet and Avon Canal and pumps were needed to maintain water levels for boats. archive.thisiswiltshire.co.uk /2005/03/10/91774.html   (633 words)

The International Canal Monuments List - Part IIa - Individual Structures This pumping station was intended to supply the summit level of the Kennet and Avon barge canal that runs across southern England. There was a third pumping station on the Kennet and Avon Canal and the remains of this are now within the World Heritage site of the Georgian City of Bath. The ornamental stone chimney of this former pumping station is situated halfway down the six-lock (formerly seven) flight leading to the river Avon. www.icomos.org /studies/canals2a.htm   (11563 words)

Hungerford Today Crofton Pumping Station, at Crofton near Marlborough, is another favourite with visitors, housing the world's oldest working steam driven beam engines. Nearby Is the Elizabethan mansion of Littlecote with its ornamental gardens and Civil War chapel.Crofton Pumping Station approximately six miles south west of the town near Great Bedwyn open Sundays between Easter and October for steam days.The nearby Kennet and Lambourn Valleys feature many attractive villages of interest to both the walker and the motorist. The canal passes through Hungerford's town centre on its way from the Thames at Reading to Bath and Bristol, The canal was originally engineered by John Rennie and was opened to barges in 1810, stretching a total of 87,5 miles with 104 locks and a height of 410 feet. www.hungerfordtowncouncil.gov.uk /hungerfordtoday.htm   (701 words)

Where to see Hayle built steam engines Built to raise water for the Kennet and Avon Canal in 1807 the Crofton Pumping station originally contained a Bolton and Watt Steam Engine, and a second one was installed in 1812. Pumping capacity was 650 gallons of water per minute. The engine then was moved to and used as a pump engine at the Carpalla clay works, near St Austell, first for a mineral company and then for a paper manufacturer, working until 1944 when after a ground collapse, electric pumps took over. sky.prohosting.com /hayleeye/HistHer/Heritage/HayleEngines.htm   (1038 words)

Wiltshire Heritage Museum Events The Crofton Pumping Station was built to supply water to the summit level of the Kennet and Avon Canal. Visit the Crofton Pumping Station which supplies water to the Kennet and Avon Canal and then visit the only operating windmill in Wiltshire. Please note that the layout of both the pumping station and windmill will involve climbing narrow and possibly awkward staircases. www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk /events/index.php?Action=2&thID=88&prev=1   (157 words)

Hampshire Cam UK- Photographs Page 2 When the pumping station is in steam, it actually does the job for which it was built, the electric pumps that now do the job being switched off. The pumping station was built in 1807 to provide water to the summit of the canal. Crofton's clock was rescued from the Honey Street Boat Yard at Bath. www.hampshirecam.co.uk /travels_oct1804_2.html   (398 words)

construction employers uk There are also five suburban stations, St. Isca is clearly a Celtic generic noun and the Romans felt the need to label the city Isca Dumnoniorum, or the Isca of the Dumnonii, in order to distinguish it from such settlements as Isca Silurum (modern Caerleon-on-Usk in Monmouthshire). Several radio stations broadcast in the city; BBC Radio Nottingham, Trent FM and Heart FM (formerly Century) are the main stations. There are also five suburban stations, St. While some lace-making still goes on in the city, it is no longer of much economic significance. www.document-sugery.co.uk /construction-employers-uk.aspx   (11499 words)

Claverton Pumping Station The pumping season got off to a slow start at Easter not helped by the cold weather but since then things have steadily improved and during the run at the end of June it almost became to crowded to move around the building easily. We have arranged some specialist safety training combining with Crofton for January 2004, almost fifty per cent of the costs towards this has been made available by The Waterway Trust to whom we are very grateful. I would like to appeal to all the past members of the pump house team, we are presently in the process of cataloguing the archives and are interested in obtaining copies of any documents or photographs you may hold, they of course will be returned to you. claverton.wbct.org.uk /old_news.htm   (5734 words)

Kennet and Avon Canal The pumping station chimney is built in header bond brickwork bound with wrought iron - probably steel nowadays, and much repaired. It is impounded in Wilton Water which is used to feed pumping engines which lift the water 40ft to summit level. There are two beam engines at Crofton; the first was built 1801 and installed here to start work 1809, the second engine started 1812, built by Boulton and Watt. www.envf.port.ac.uk /kacanal/html/kac0053.htm   (451 words)

::: The World of Me ::: Continue onwards from Wilton, you will inevitably come across the Crofton Pumping Station. Costing£500 to build in 1821, 150 years later it cost £25,000 to restore and by the end of 1976 it was once again making flour, where it still does to this day. This Grade 1 listed building houses two magnificent Cornish beam engines, one of which is the oldest working beam engine in the world still in its original engine house and capable of actually doing the job for which it was installed - to provide water to the summit of the Kennet and Avon Canal. homepage.ntlworld.com /njs.cube/doorstep/wilton/index0001.html   (185 words)

NarrowboatWorld A visit was also made by the Prince of Wales to Crofton Pumping Station, close to Hungerford. The pumping station, with its distinctive brick chimney now restored to its original height of 82ft, houses the oldest steam-powered beam engine in the world still operational in its original building. His Royal Highness was the private guest of the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust, and will met volunteers involved in the restoration and the running of the historic pumping station. www.narrowboatworld.com /NBW__z-celebrating.htm   (966 words)

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