Description and History of Site:-
The last complete survivor of more than a hundred similar engines that worked the drainage network all over Cambridgeshire. Throughout the 1800s these engines lifted the flood waters from the fields via the ditches and dykes draining it into the rivers.

The engine, beam, and flywheel, still in situ, are now demonstrated on opening days by the aid of electricity.

The rotative beam engine, built by the Butterley Company of Derbyshire in 1831, has a beam of 24 feet 8 inches and a flywheel 24 feet in diameter.

Further Reading and References:-
https://www.strethamoldengine.com/our-history

Balchin, Nigel and Filby, Peter. 'A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough'. ISBN 0 9528930 4 5. 2001
https://industrial-archaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2001-Industrial-Archaeology-of-Cambridgeshire-and-Peterborough.pdf
Alderton, David and Booker, John. 'The Batsford Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of East Anglia'. Batsford, 1980
Alderton, David. 'Industrial Archaeology in and around Norfolk'. 1981

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Key Words :- steam engine

Viewing the Site :- open to public

Address :- Green End, Stretham, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3LF
Grid Ref :- TL 51659 73009
Co-ordinates :- Lat 52.334207 , Long 0.224410
Local Authority :- East Cambridgeshire District Council
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1127031,
Site Condition :- Site conserved and open to the public
Site Dates :- 1831 -
Record Date :- 29 January 2022

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