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Anson Engine Museum

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Anson Engine Museum
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Anson Engine Museum is named after the Anson pumping engine, a historic steam engine that was used to pump water from the nearby Sankey Canal. The museum is important for its connection to 19th-century industrial engineering and the development of canal infrastructure in the Cheshire area.

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