TL4659 : Cambridge Museum of Technology
taken 6 months ago, near to Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
It has been converted into a museum.
The River Cam was in a right state in late Victorian times, so in 1894 Cheddars Lane pumping station opened to pump sewage and water away to the Milton sewage farm. The station burned waste, then coke and waste as the calorific value decreased. Coke was easily sourced from the gasworks next door! The steam engines worked until 1968 when trade/hospital waste was burnt. In 1909 two gas engines were installed and later an electric motor to cope with high rainfall. Now the site is a museum of technology (past technology really). On site are several other steam/oil engines built or worked in and around Cambridgeshire. The Hathorn Davy engines are in working order and represent a rare treat.
See also TL4659 : Cambridge Museum of Technology - The Steam Man
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The Fen Rivers Way is a long distance footpath that covers a distance of 50 miles. The path runs between the City of Cambridge and the town of King's Lynn. It follows the course of rivers (notably the River Cam and the River Great Ouse) that drain slowly across the fenland landscape into the Wash. It provides a small part of E2, European Long Distance Path which goes from Nice to Galway. It has a logo of an Eel TL5064 : Fen Rivers Way sign, Clayhithe.
The River Cam is a tributary of the River Great Ouse in the east of England. The two rivers join to the south of Ely at Pope's Corner. The Great Ouse connects the Cam to England's canal system (via the Middle Level Navigations and the River Nene) and to the North Sea at King's Lynn. The total distance from Cambridge to the sea is about 40 mi (64 km).
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