What is recorded here
Stretham Old Engine is a historic water pumping station built in 1847, originally used to drain the surrounding fenland. It is one of the few surviving examples of early 19th-century drainage technology in East Cambridgeshire and is now preserved as a museum.
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Places near here
Stretham pumping engineScheduled monument · 1 yd
Old Engine HouseListed building · 7 yd
Home FarmhouseListed building · 1725 yd
Wicken FenVisitor information · 3.2 mi
Odd sculpture by the Fen Rivers WayPublic sculpture · 3.2 mi
Denny AbbeyScheduled monument · 3.2 mi
Denny Abbey and Farmland MuseumMuseum · 3.2 mi
Wicken Fen Visitor CentreVisitor information · 3.3 mi
115 Squadron MemorialMemorial · 3.7 mi
Burwell FenNature reserve · 3.7 mi
Fen Reeves Community WoodlandWood · 4.1 mi
Ely CastleArchaeological place · 4.6 miOther information
Photo: Chris Allen · CC BY-SA 2.0