The Crofton Story: The History of the Crofton Pumping Station

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Crofton Pumping Station close to Great Bedwyn at the Kennet and Avon Canal is a very powerful piece of the economic archaeology of the canal age. It houses the oldest working steam engine on the planet still in its original engine house and still doing its original job of pumping water into the summit level of the canal. Pumping began in 1809 and continued till 1959, when following deterioration of the highest of the chimney the engines were retired. The engines and boilers remained in place and feature now been restored to full working order by an enthusiastic band of volunteers. Quoting extensively from original records this book charts the history of the building of the pumping station, its Boulton & Watt engines, the engineers and enginemen who kept them working for 150 years and the painstaking work had to restore them to working order.

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