Description

SE 0251 02 STANDEDGE
Marsden
4/454
Engine House, Engine Pit
- and Bye Pit, Red Brook

- II

Between 1798 and 1811. Engineer: Benjamin Outram (1764-1805). Engine house
containing 2 pits. Deeply coursed rubble. Roof removed. Situated at roughly
centre point of Standedge canal tunnel. South elevation: Ground floor: openings
with segmental arched heads. Intermediate level: three openings as above
(bricked up). High level: two openings as above. West elevation: Intermediate
level: tall slender opening with segmental arched head. North elevation: Ground
level: large segmental arch (openings blocked); two small openings (blocked).
Intermediate level: two small openings (blocked) (one has segmental arched head).
Interior: The building encloses the engine pit and bye pit, which were used to
drain and work the central part of the tunnel. The pits are brick lined and
circular in cross-section. A later square parapet has been built around each
pit. The engine used was a 70-inch atmosphere engine of the Necomen type.

Listing NGR: SE0252510207

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26518269

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)