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8th February 1943 |
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Starston
drainage pump Starston Beck |
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8th February 1943 |
Starston hollow post windpump was installed to pump water from Starston Beck to Starston Place to be used by Home Farm.
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27th May 1978 |
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1989 |
After renovation the pump was in running orser and set on a brick roundhouse approx. 8 ft. diameter and 5 ft. high with a conical slatted roof that supports an iron post. Four single shuttered patent sails with leading boards drove a recipriocating pump via a crank on the windshaft. The sails being turned to wind by a twin tail fins. An iron ladder was set against the main post. |
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O. S. Map 1903 Courtesy of NLS map images |
c.1832: Windpump constructed by Suffolk engineers Whitmore & Binyon |
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