Claverton Pumping Station
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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. It is a G
Claverton Pumping Station with the pump house on the left, the wheelhouse to the right and the millpond in the foreground
The interior, showing waterwheel and gearing
One of the rocking beams by Boulton and Watt
Gearing and the sluice cranks
Kennet and Avon Canal
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The Kennet and Avon Canal is a waterway in southern England with an overall length of 87 miles, made up of two lengths of navigable river linked by a canal. The name is used to refer to the entire len
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. It is a Grade I listed building, having been upgraded from Grade II in 2019. The pumping station was built by…
The canal at Bathampton, near Bath
Surveyor John Rennie by Henry Raeburn, 1810
Kennet and Avon Canal Navigation share (ticket), issued 2 April 1808
A Second World War pillbox near Kintbury