Pinchbeck Engine

Pinchbeck Engine
The engine house
TypeBeam engine
Coordinates52°49′04″N 0°07′45″W / 52.81777°N 0.12910°W / 52.81777; -0.12910 (The Pinchbeck Engine)
OS grid referenceTF 26174 26148
Built1833
OwnerWelland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board
Official namePinchbeck engine
Reference no.1004966
Listed Building – Grade II
Official namePinchbeck Engine Drainage Pump
Designated13 January 1988
Reference no.1146782
Pinchbeck Engine is located in Lincolnshire
Pinchbeck Engine
Location of Pinchbeck Engine in Lincolnshire

The Pinchbeck Engine is a drainage engine, a rotative beam engine built in 1833 to drain Pinchbeck Marsh, to the north of Spalding, Lincolnshire, in England.[1] Until it was shut down in 1952, the engine discharged into the Blue Gowt which joins the River Glen at Surfleet Seas End.[2]

  1. ^ Historic England. "Pinchbeck Engine (352315)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  2. ^ Hinde, K.S.G. (2006). Fenland Pumping Engines. Landmark. p. 164. ISBN 1-84306-188-0.