Information for record number MWA1860:
Hawkesbury Junction Engine House

Summary Hawkesbury Junction Engine House, a pump house whose function was to maintain the water level. The Engine House is still largely intact. These were built during the Imperial period and were situated at the junction of the Oxford and Coventry canals.
What Is It?  
Type: Engine House, Pump House
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 36 84
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 The junction of the Coventry Canal (1768) and the Oxford Canal (1769) has several features of interest: The engine house was erected in 1821 to house the very early Newcomen engine (1725) acquired from the nearby Griff Colliery. The engine, which maintained the water level in the Canals, it has since moved to Dartmouth but the brick built engine house is substantially intact. It is three storey with small round headed windows.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Industrial Monuments Survey
Author/originator: Falconer K A
Date: 1980
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period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument CANAL * An artificial navigable waterway used for the transportation of goods. Nowadays also used for recreational purposes. back
monument ENGINE HOUSE * A building housing an engine. Use specific type where known. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument COLLIERY * A place where coal is mined. back
monument ENGINE * A machine, powered by steam, gas, electricity or other energy source, which produces energy of movement. Use for stationary industrial engines rather than transport use. back
monument PUMP HOUSE * A small pumping station. back
monument ROUND * A small, Iron Age/Romano-British enclosed settlement found in South West England. back

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