Pinchbeck Engine
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: Drainage engine, a rotative beam engine built in 1833 to drain Pinchbeck Marsh, to the north of Spalding, Lincolnshire, in England
- Also known as: “Pinchbeck engine” and “The Pinchbeck Engine Museum of Land Drainage”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Spalding Power Station and Church of St Mary.
Spalding Power Station
Power station
Photo: Bearas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Spalding Power Station is a 860 MW gas-fired power station one mile north of Spalding on West Marsh Road close to the River Welland. The current site provides enough electricity for one million households. Spalding Power Station is situated 1 mile south of Pinchbeck Engine.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 1¼ miles west of Pinchbeck Engine.
Spalding railway station
Railway station
Spalding railway station serves the town of Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the Peterborough–Lincoln line. Spalding railway station is situated 2½ miles southwest of Pinchbeck Engine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Surfleet and Pinchbeck.
Surfleet
Village
Photo: Dave Hitchborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Surfleet is a small village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the B1356 road, 3 miles north of Spalding, in the Lincolnshire fens.
Pinchbeck
Village
Photo: Brian Green, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pinchbeck is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. The civil parish population was 5,153 at the 2001 census, 5,455 at the 2011 census and 6,011 at the 2021 census.
Weston
Village
Photo: Dave Hitchborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weston is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately 2 miles north-east from the town of Spalding. Weston is situated 2 miles southeast of Pinchbeck Engine.
Pinchbeck Engine
- Categories: engine house, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.8181° or 52° 49′ 5″ northLongitude
-0.12916° or 0° 7′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C4XRV9C+68OpenStreetMap ID
way 376501072OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7194911
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pinchbeck Engine”. Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.