Prickwillow Museum

Prickwillow Museum

The front of Prickwillow Museum by the River Lark
The location of Prickwillow Museum within Cambridgeshire
Location Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, UK
Coordinates 52°24′54″N 0°20′24″E / 52.415°N 0.340°E / 52.415; 0.340
Type Technology museum
Website prickwillowmuseum.com
Prickwillow Museum

Prickwillow Museum,[1] formerly known as the Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum, tells the story of the changing face of the Fens and its network of drainage systems and pumping stations. The museum is housed in the old pumping station in Prickwillow, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England.[2][3][4]

The museum contains a major collection of large diesel pumping engines which have all been restored to working order.

Mirrlees Pumping Engine in Prickwillow Museum

Prickwillow Museum is funded and run by the Prickwillow Engine Trust, a registered charity, and has received funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund and The Ouse Washes Landscape Partnership.

See also

Other land drainage engines that are now preserved as museums

References

  1. ↑ Prickwillow Museum - official site
  2. ↑ "Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum". Visit Ely. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Prickwillow Museum". Fens Museum Partnership. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Ouse Washes Landscape Partnership - Prickwillow Museum
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Coordinates: 52°24′59″N 0°20′52″E / 52.4165°N 0.3478°E / 52.4165; 0.3478

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