TL5172 : Stretham Old Engine
near to Stretham, Cambridgeshire County, Great Britain

Stretham Old Engine
The building houses a steam-driven fenland drainage engine built by Butterley and Co. of Derbyshire in 1831. It drove a 37-ft diameter scoop wheel capable of raising 30,000 gallons of water/minute. It has not been in steam for many years. It is open to the public at weekends during the summer.
- Grid Square
- TL5172, 10 images (find more images nearby)
- Photographer
- Steve F (find more nearby)
- Image classification
- Geograph (First for TL5172)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 3 December, 2006 (find more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 3 December, 2006
- Category
- Steam engine (find more nearby)
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TL 51 72 [1000m precision]
WGS84: 52:19.7807N 0:13.3110E - Photographer Location
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OSGB36:
TL 515 729 - View Direction
- EAST (about 90 degrees)
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