Crofton Pumping Station

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Crofton Pumping Station
The pumping station on a running day in 1999
Type	Pumping station
Location	Crofton, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England
Coordinates	51°21′30″N 1°37′30″W / 51.35827°N 1.62511°W / 51.35827; -1.62511
OS grid reference	SU 2615 6227
Built	1807–1809
Owner	Kennet and Avon Canal Trust
Website	www.croftonbeamengines.org
Listed Building – Grade I
Official name	Crofton Pumping Station
Designated	1 May 1985
Reference no.	1034049
Location of Crofton Pumping Station in Wiltshire

Crofton Pumping Station, near the village of Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England, supplies the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal with water.

The steam-powered pumping station is preserved and operates on selected weekends. It contains an operational Boulton & Watt steam engine dating from 1812, making it the oldest working beam engine in the world in its original engine house and capable of doing the job for which it was installed.^[1]