NHER 61431 (Monument record) - Site of Diesel Engine Pumping Station

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Summary

Original site of diesel pumping station now relocated to upriver (NHER 61428) The installation was built in 1940-41 and housed in a steel clad building erected by Barnes and Pye. The engines worked until 1984 when they were replaced by a new automatic electric pump. In 2003, the whole installation was rebuilt upriver as part of a Flood Alleviation project.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TG40SW
Civil Parish REEDHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

Original site of diesel pumping station now relocated upriver (NHER 61428) The installation was built in 1940-41 and housed in a steel clad building erected by Barnes and Pye. The engines worked until 1984 when they were replaced by a new automatic electric pump. In 2003, the whole installation was rebuilt upriver as part of a Flood Alleviation project.
See (S1) for further information. (S2) shows the building in its original location.
A. Yardy (HES), 15 February 2016.

  • <S1> Publication: Yardy, A. (NCC). 2008. Mills of the Halvergate Marshes: Reedham Marshes & Ashtree Farm..
  • <S2> Photograph: Knights, M.. 1992. 7 mile Diesels. Colour.

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Record last edited

Feb 15 2016 4:39PM

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