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Crofton Pumping Station
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Dates for when In-Steam
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Cornish Beam Engines, the 1812 Boulton & Watt and the 1845 Harvey of
Hayle.
These engines have been restored and the 1812 engine is the
oldest beam engine in the world, still in its original building and still
doing its original job of pumping water to the summit level of the Kennet
& Avon Canal.
Both engines are steamed from a hand stoked, coal fired
Lancashire boiler.
The separate brick chimney has been restored (from 46 feet)
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Crofton Pumping Station
Living Steam-Powered Beam Engines!
Open Daily, but ONLY in-steam at selected times. - Please call
or check before making a special journey.
This historic site is based on the Kennet and Avon Canal with
easy reach from the M4 via the Hungerford Exit.
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Two fully working historic beam engines
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In-Steam on selected weekends during the
summer
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Open every weekend during the summer
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Picturesque location
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An ideal familly /educational trip
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Call:
Crofton Pumping Station
| Crofton Beam
Engines, Crofton Pumping Station, Gt Bedwyn, Marlborough, Wilts. |
(01672)
870300 |
on (01672)
870300 
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This page was last updated
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