Thomas Evans Blackwell
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Thomas Evans Blackwell was an English civil engineer.
Blackwell pictured in 1861
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
Thomas Evans Blackwell
…the railway's amalgamation with GWR. Between 1843 and 1844, he was responsible for the canal between Bath and 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…
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