1981
SP3684 : Hawkesbury engine house
taken 43 years ago, near to Hawkesbury, Warwickshire, England
Hawkesbury engine house
The engine house was built by the Coventry Canal Company in the early 19th century to house an engine to pump water supply for the canal. A Newcomen atmospheric engine was installed in 1821 and later the building was extended to house a further engine installed in 1837. By the 20th century, alternative water supplies were available and the engines were rarely used after 1913. The second engine was sold for scrap in WWII and the earliest was not removed until 1963, when the Newcomen Society rehoused it in the Thomas Newcomen Museum at Dartmouth.
At the time of the photo, a fair bit of the roof seems to be missing. A comparative 2008 photo (
SP3684 : The Engine House at Hawkesbury Junction, Warwickshire ) shows the changes since 1981.
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