Pumping Stations in the
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      Steam and oil plant data largely from KSG Hinde's book Fenland Pumping Engines.
      IDB details from the Ely Group and Downham Mkt Group websites.
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New Mill Pumping Station

INCOMPLETE DRAFT, Revision 1

Introduction

Shown on OS 1" maps in 1824-36 as a windmill, "Isleham New Mill", and on the 1920-22 as "Old Windpump" Photo: Eddy Edwards,
 

Potted history

period fuel engine rating hp pump tpm m3/s head acres
drained		 discharge/remarks/other refs
1944 diesel Allen S30
4-cyl vertical
(s/no K98946-A		 176 Allen Conqueror
28" centrifugal		 70       Hinde says "moribund in 2004"  
1944 diesel Allen S30
4-cyl vertical
(s/no K98946-B		 176 Allen Conqueror
30" centrifugal		 70       Hinde says "moribund in 2004"  
???? electric 2 x blue             only 1 left Nov 2013  
2007 ? electric 2 x grey                
                     
                     
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References and Bibliography

ref notes, sources and glossary used in text and tables throughout this page
1 ELY Group of IDBs website
2 KSG Hinde: Fenland Pumping Engines, Landmark, 2006
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