Pinchbeck Engine
The Pinchbeck Engine is a drainage engine, a rotative beam engine built in 1833 to drain Pinchbeck Marsh, to the north of Spalding, Lincolnshire, in England. Until it was shut down in 1952, the engine discharged into the Blue Gowt which joins the River Glen at Surfleet Seas End.
| Pinchbeck Engine | |
|---|---|
The engine house | |
| Type | Beam engine |
| Coordinates | 52°49′04″N 0°07′45″W |
| OS grid reference | TF 26174 26148 |
| Built | 1833 |
| Owner | Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board |
| Official name | Pinchbeck engine |
| Reference no. | 1004966 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Pinchbeck Engine Drainage Pump |
| Designated | 13 January 1988 |
| Reference no. | 1146782 |
Location of Pinchbeck Engine in Lincolnshire | |
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