The Collection On Site
The Collection on Site
Updated March 2008. It's fair to say that the museum now has more exhibits than we can possibly show on the website. We have at least 16 different pumps and engines actually in working order (there might be more soon). With the extra power provided by the Marshall boiler, most of these are now able to run in steam on opening days. Further renovations of some of the old dusty and seemingly unloved pumps are well under way, and anyone who has not visited the station for a few years will be surprised at the developments.
In 2007 members organised the transport of pumping machinery from the defunct Burrowbridge pumping station (Aller Moor) with the aid of a local haulage company. While the old station is now occupied by that company, there is one pumping engine still in situ. A new webpage has been set up to cover the Burrowbridge station and others on the Levels, since public access to them is, in most cases, unavailable. At the moment, just Burrowbridge is displayed.
The other pumps are now on the Westonzoyland site, under temporary covers and waiting their turn to be housed ready for future exhibition.
- 1. Westonzoyland's own Easton and Amos Land Drainage Pump, installed 1861.
- 2. Our current steam source, the Marshall Boiler.
- 3. The Wills Engine, located in Westonzoyland's engine-house.
- 4. Some of the Main Exhibition Hall engines
- 5. The Winding House
- 6. The "Wiggly Shed" collection
- 7. The Start-a-matic Lister Generator
- 8. Small waterwheel
- 9. Narrow Gauge rail engines
- 10. Machinery from the Burrowbridge pumping station; pictures and ongoing text updates.
Old Departed Friends:
- Coltman Boiler
- Priestman
- And Neighbours:
- The Modern-Day Pumphouse
