Thomas Evans Blackwell
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Thomas Evans Blackwell was an English civil engineer.
Blackwell pictured in 1861
Crofton Pumping Station
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Crofton Pumping Station, near the village of Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, England, supplies the summit pound of the Kennet and Avon Canal with water.
Thomas Evans Blackwell
…Devizes and oversaw the renovation of Claverton Pumping Station's pumps and waterwheel. Blackwell oversaw similar works to the Boulton and Watt pump at Crofton Pumping Station at the same time. In 1846, Blackwell petitioned Parliament to extend the Great Western Main Line (from its then-terminus at Newbury) to Hungerford; the…
The pumping station on a running day in 1999
Wilton Water, the canal and railway from the pumping station
Inside the boilerhouse
The beam gallery with the 1812 engine in operation