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Marine Colliery Pumping Engine

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 04700g
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Cwm
Unitary authority : Blaenau Gwent
NGR : SO1884504282
Site Type (preferred type first) : POST MEDIEVAL Steam engine
Status : Scheduled Monument

Summary :
A steam pumping engine built by Hathorn Davey of Leeds in 1893 and formerly used at Marine Colliery. It was installed there when the colliery was completed, in a chamber beneath the winding engine on the down cast shaft.

Description :
A steam pumping engine built by Hathorn Davey of Leeds in 1893 and formerly used at Marine Colliery. It was installed there when the colliery was completed, in a chamber beneath the winding engine on the down cast shaft. The engine could deal with 50000 gallons of water per hour when working at 7 strokes/minute. The engine was rescued during site clearance operations and relocated to one side of a new car park, set on a concrete plinth. It is built entirely of cast iron, and has been thoroughly painted since re-erection. (02)

Sources :
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council , 2003 , Blaenau Gwent Heritage Audit Interim Report 2002-2003
Cadw , Cadw Scheduled Monument Record
01/MM List/Cadw/1994/SAM Lists

Events :
E002983 : A4046 Cwm Relief Road. DBA (year : 2001)
E004918 : Blaenau Gwent Heritage Audit (year : 2003)

Related records
National Monuments Record NPRN 95259
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 2995G

Compiled date : 24-11-2004


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