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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… east. At first called Mere Holes drain, later Willingham engine drain, the new cut received all the streams and … 1837 by Thomas Frohock & Co., 29it was replaced by a steam engine in 1848 after the formation of the Willingham West Fen … commission. Steam power was succeeded c. 1902 by an oil engine and the latter in 1936 by diesel pumps. After 1967 …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting
… Werburga, which he sold to Hubert de Bisshopesgate, a pig driver or dealer. 1 To John his son his house upon Lotheberi. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in South Street c. 1913, its music powered by a steam engine. 94 Films were shown in the town in the 1920s and in … 84 Before 1710 the trustees seem to have maintained a fire engine. A second engine and leather buckets were acquired in 1763. 85 A new …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… that the Pavilion Court was being developed into an engine of tyranny and exaction. LATER HISTORY OF ST. GILES' …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… John de Sandale (Hants Rec. Soc.), p. 272. The first fire engine was furnished for the city in the early half of the … In 1706 it was unanimously agreed in council that a large engine should be provided for the use of the city and the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… sides of the quadrangle and cross-drains. New pumps to the engine on the Thames and additional service-pipes from ditto …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… 1674. 365 The experiments with Sir Samuel Morland's water engine for supplying the castle with water in 1681 and 1682 … forced up to a height of 66 ft. above the castle. The engine proved quite satisfactory. It filled the great eistern … of the castle had been repaired, and Morland's elaborate 'engine' must have still been in existence. A new engine was, …