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37 relations: Beam engine, Boulton and Watt, Bruce Tunnel, Burbage, Wiltshire, Canal pound, Claverton Pumping Station, Cornish engine, Crofton Locks, Culvert, Grafton, Wiltshire, Gravity, Great Bedwyn, Great Western Railway, Hayle, Hungerford, John Betjeman, Kennet and Avon Canal, Kennet and Avon Canal Trust, Listed building, Lock (water navigation), Marlborough, Wiltshire, Newbury, Berkshire, Pewsey, Piston pump, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, Pumping station, Reservoir, Spring (hydrology), Steam engine, Swindon, W & J Galloway & Sons, Water well, West India Docks, Wilton Water, Wilton Windmill, Wiltshire, Wulfhall.
Beam engine
A beam engine is a type of steam engine where a pivoted overhead beam is used to apply the force from a vertical piston to a vertical connecting rod.
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Boulton and Watt
* Boulton & Watt was an early British engineering and manufacturing firm in the business of designing and making marine and stationary steam engines.
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Bruce Tunnel
The Bruce Tunnel is on the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal between Wootton Top Lock and Crofton Locks in Wiltshire, England.
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Burbage, Wiltshire
Burbage is a village and civil parish in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, England.
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Canal pound
A canal pound, reach, or level (American usage), is the stretch of level water impounded between two canal locks.
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Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton Pumping Station in the village of Claverton, in the English county of Somerset, pumps water from the River Avon to the Kennet and Avon Canal using power from the flow of the River Avon.
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Cornish engine
A Cornish engine is a type of steam engine developed in Cornwall, England, mainly for pumping water from a mine.
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Crofton Locks
Crofton Locks are a flight of locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal, near the village of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England.
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Culvert
A culvert is a structure that allows water to flow under a road, railroad, trail, or similar obstruction from one side to the other side.
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Grafton, Wiltshire
Grafton is a civil parish in Wiltshire, England, in the Vale of Pewsey about southeast of Marlborough.
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Gravity
Gravity, or gravitation, is a natural phenomenon by which all things with mass or energy—including planets, stars, galaxies, and even light—are brought toward (or gravitate toward) one another.
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Great Bedwyn
Great Bedwyn is a village and civil parish in east Wiltshire, England.
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Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.
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Hayle
Hayle (Heyl, "estuary") is a small town, civil parish and cargo port in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
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Hungerford
Hungerford is a historic market town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, west of Newbury, east of Marlborough, northeast of Salisbury and 67 miles (107 km) west of London.
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John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman (28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who as a "poet and hack".
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Kennet and Avon Canal
The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of, made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal.
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Kennet and Avon Canal Trust
The Kennet and Avon Canal Trust is a registered charity and waterway society concerned with the protection and maintenance of the Kennet and Avon Canal throughout Wiltshire and Berkshire.
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Listed building
A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.
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Lock (water navigation)
A lock is a device used for raising and lowering boats, ships and other watercraft between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways.
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Marlborough, Wiltshire
Marlborough is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire on the Old Bath Road, the old main road from London to Bath.
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Newbury, Berkshire
Newbury is a market town in Berkshire, England, which is the administrative headquarters of West Berkshire.
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Pewsey
Pewsey is a large village and civil parish at the centre of the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire, about south of Marlborough and west of London.
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Piston pump
A piston pump is a type of positive displacement pump where the high-pressure seal reciprocates with the piston.
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Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, (Richard Alexander Walter George; born 26 August 1944) is the youngest grandchild of King George V and Queen Mary.
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Pumping station
Pumping stations are facilities including pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another.
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Reservoir
A reservoir (from French réservoir – a "tank") is a storage space for fluids.
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Spring (hydrology)
A spring is any natural situation where water flows from an aquifer to the Earth's surface.
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Steam engine
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.
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Swindon
Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, South West England, between Bristol, to the west, and Reading, the same distance east.
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W & J Galloway & Sons
W & J Galloway and Sons was a British manufacturer of steam engines and boilers based in Manchester, England.
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Water well
A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring, or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers.
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West India Docks
The West India Docks are a series of three docks on the Isle of Dogs in London, England the first of which opened in 1802.
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Wilton Water
Wilton Water (or Wide Waters) is a small reservoir, southwest of the village of Great Bedwyn in the English county of Wiltshire, which supplies the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal with water.
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Wilton Windmill
The Wilton Windmill is a five-floor brick tower mill located on a chalk ridge between the villages of Wilton and Great Bedwyn in the southern English county of Wiltshire.
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Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a county in South West England with an area of.
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Wulfhall
Wulfhall or Wolfhall is an early 17th-century manor house in Burbage, Wiltshire, England.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crofton_Pumping_Station
