NHER 2556 (Monument record) - Post medieval drainage pump

Drainage Pump. Destroyed or rendered inaccessible by excavation of large areas north of river for sugar factory.
E. Rose (NAU), 4 October 1978.

Formerly a beam engine by J. & A. Blyth 1849. Watt parallel motion, single cylinder 27 by 48 inch, D-slide valve; 14 foot lift beam to three pumps. Flywheel 16 feet 6 inches cast as two; 30 foot diameter scoop wheel with paddles. Lancashire boiler 15 pounds per square inch. In 1927 it ran for seven weeks non stop. Scrapped in 1953. Information from R.H. Clarke.
E. Rose (NAU), 14 January 1983.

(S1) states still present in 2003 but difficult to access and derelict. The writer of this reference was unaware of the above details but gives details of the more recent history; Gwynnes pump inserted in 1940s powered by a lorry engine; pump removed but engine gone.
E. Rose (NLA), 22 October 2004.