NHER 8410 (Monument record) - Site of West Somerton steam engine house

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Summary

This is the site of a 19th century steam engine house. The building has been demolished but the engine survives in a private collection.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG42SE
Civil Parish SOMERTON, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Map

Drainage pump.
(S1).

September 1977. Visit.
No trace remains of this.
E. Rose (NAU), 22 September 1977.

This was a steam pump; diagrams of the engines in (S2).
E. Rose (NAU).

This was the West Somerton Engine of 1866. The chimney was replaced by a very odd metal flue in 1900.
See (S3).
E. Rose (NLA), 31 May 2000.

19 July 1994. NLA air photography.
Site of steam pump photographed (S4 and S5). No structural remains visible.
S. Massey (NLA), 24 April 2001.

  • --- Fiche: Exists.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Record Card: Ordnance Survey Records / Pastscape.
  • <S2> Archive: NIAS. Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society Records.
  • <S3> Article in Serial: Ward, A.J.. 1999. Steam Drifting Over the Reeds. Part Three: Crank Overhead.. Journal of the Norfolk Industrial Archaeology Society. Vol 6, no 4. p 19.
  • <S4> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. NHER TG 4620A-E (NLA 343/HVZ6-10) 19-JUL-1994.
  • <S5> Oblique Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1994. NHER TG 4620G-J (NLA 343/SLIDE) 19-JUL-1994.

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Record last edited

Jul 21 2016 4:40PM

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