Monument record M318 - Windpump, Upper Broughton

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WIND PUMP (Mid-20th Century)

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Grid reference SK 67000 26840 (point)
Map sheet SK62NE
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Upper Broughton, Rushcliffe

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Windpump, 1935 - bore hole 175ft deep, tower 30ft high, pumps 150ft down. Pumps water to barn - newly painted vanes but not used much as there is now mains water laid on. Pumps water NW from underground river NW/SE which runs through limestone under blue clay. Sunk in 1935 after 2 year old child had died from poisoning from a well. To be allowed to fall into disrepair (02/07/1968). (1)


<1> CBA, Industrial Survey (Published document). SNT184.

Other Refs: IA2 82/1

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  • <1> Published document: CBA. Industrial Survey.

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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