NHER 12845 (Monument record) - Site of pumping station
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF71SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MARHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
September 1977. Survey.
Disused pumping station built for Wisbech water works in 1903 with extension 1908. Steam engines and chimney.
Information from (S1).
Now mostly demolished. For complete description of engines, etc. see (S2), and complete records in KLM.
One engine in Gressenhall Museum.
Correction above, Marham gravity driven waterworks connected to Wisbech in 1864 as Wisbech water works contaminated with cholera. The 'new' steam plant was built in 1908, upgraded in 1938, and eventually outmoded by electricity in 1976 commencing it's demolition in 1977.
NIAS records (S3)
W. Arnold HES 24/01/11
Associated Sources (7)
- --- SNF8808 Fiche: Exists.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF89835 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1977. Chimney landmark vanishes. 18 October.
- <S2> SNF2605 Article in Serial: Trett, R. 1978. Marham Pumping Station. Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society. Vol II No 3 pp 18-21.
- <S2> SNF56780 Unpublished Document: NARG. Building Survey.
- <S3> SNF57617 Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Sep 16 2013 11:51AM