2007

TL5369 : Out of plumb: old fenland pump-engine house at Upware

taken 17 years ago, near to Upware, Cambridgeshire, England

Out of plumb: old fenland pump-engine house at Upware
Out of plumb: old fenland pump-engine house at Upware
This tottering old building must once have housed an engine which drove pumps working to lower the water level in the surrounding fens. As such it had a hand in its own downfall - as peaty soil dries out it shrinks, and a building which started off on an even keel ends up looking like this.

The fens have their own vocabulary. Many of the tracks are 'droves', while the channel in the foreground is a 'lode' - in this instance, Reach Lode, which connects the villages of Reach and Burwell with the River Cam. Note the abundant growth of reeds, Phragmites.

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Category: Fenland
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Burwell Lode [7] Other Photos: · Adventurers' Fen and Reach Lode · 'Twin cottages', south of Fisherstreet (1) · Wonky old pump house at Upware ·
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TL5369, 135 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Stefan Czapski   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 30 July, 2007   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 16 December, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 537 698 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:18.2883N 0:15.1989E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TL 538 698
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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