In 1874, the Prestongrange Coal and Iron Company bought this second-hand steam-powered Cornish Beam Engine to tackle the ...

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Papplewick Pumping Station has all of its original features, machinery, and grounds – including the ornate pump house which features two 13-tonne beam engines that still work today. Constructed ...