Pinchbeck Engine

The Pinchbeck Engine is a drainage engine, a rotative beam engine built in 1833 to drain Marsh, to the north of , , in England.
Wikipedia
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”
  • Address: Spalding, PE11 3UW

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Spalding Power Station and Church of St Mary.

Power station
Photo: Bearas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a 860 MW gas-fired power station one mile north of on West Marsh Road close to the . The current site provides enough electricity for one million households. is situated 1 mile south of Pinchbeck Engine.

Church
Photo: Richard Croft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1¼ miles west of Pinchbeck Engine.

Railway station
serves the town of , . It lies on the Peterborough–Lincoln line. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Pinchbeck Engine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Surfleet and Pinchbeck.

Village
Photo: Dave Hitchborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village and civil parish in the South Holland district of , England. It is situated on the B1356 road, 3 miles north of , in the fens.

Village
Photo: Brian Green, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the South Holland district of , 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.

Village
Photo: Dave Hitchborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in the district of , . It is situated approximately 2 miles north-east from the town of . is situated 2 miles southeast of Pinchbeck Engine.

Pinchbeck Engine

Latitude
52.8181° or 52° 49′ 5″ north
Longitude
-0.12916° or 0° 7′ 45″ west
Open location code
9C4XRV9C+68
Open­Street­Map ID
way 376501072
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q7194911
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