OT? Well. it doesn't actually say "internal combustion" stationary engines ;o))
Yesterday, I took some of the family to Crofton Pumping Station on the Plain near Marlborough. It wasn't a bad day for October, so there were few other visitors & it wasn't a steaming day - next in steam on ABH.
It was interesting & I was greatly struck by the thought that the Boulton & Watt engine was pumping water four years before Trafalgar & fourteen years before Waterloo. The B&W is the oldest engine in the world still doing the job it was designed to do.
There is a small gift shop & cafe & the staff are knowledgeable & friendly. They have a stack of "Old Glory"s and similar for sale on donation, so if you've got magazines to add to their pile, please take some along.
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Kim Siddorn