Mepal Pumping Station
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Pingles Pit, The Rushway, East Cambridgeshire CB6 2AP, United Kingdom
Address is taken from a point 468 yards away.
Address is taken from a point 468 yards away.
Mepal Pumping Station
is a major waterways place
at the end of the River Great Ouse (Counter Wash Drain) (beyond which it is no longer navigable); past
Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction (Junction of Forty Foot River with Old Bedford River) (3 miles
to the northeast).
The nearest place in the direction of Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction is Pingle Drove Footbridge;
1¾ furlongs
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
You can wind here.
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- River Great Ouse: bridge heights, locks, overhead power lines and facilities.
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction
Denver Sluice — 15 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver Sluice
Downham Market Road Bridge — 17 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to Downham Market Road Bridge
Windmill EA Mooring — 18 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Windmill EA Mooring
West Head Road Bridge — 19 miles, 5½ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to West Head Road Bridge
Stowbridge Heron EA Moorings — 19 miles, 5¾ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to Stowbridge Heron EA MooringsNearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction
Denver Sluice — 15 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver SluiceNearest place to turn
In the direction of Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction
Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction — 3 miles away
On this waterway in the direction of Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction
Bill Fen Marina — 14 miles, ¾ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Forty Foot River - unnavigable section) to Horseway Lock, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Forty Foot River - navigable section) to Old River Nene - Forty Foot River Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene) to Old River Nene - Ramsey High Lode Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Ramsey High Lode) to Bill Fen Marina
Salter's Lode Junction — 15 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Salter's Lode Junction
Denver Junction — 15 miles, 4¼ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction
Ramsey — 14 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Forty Foot River - unnavigable section) to Horseway Lock, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Forty Foot River - navigable section) to Old River Nene - Forty Foot River Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene) to Old River Nene - Ramsey High Lode Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Ramsey High Lode) to Ramsey
Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction — 15 miles, 5½ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction
Denver Relief Channel Lock Weir Entrance — 15 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Old West River - Great Ouse Relief Channel Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Great Ouse Relief Channel) to Denver Relief Channel Lock Weir Entrance
Welmore Sluice — 17 miles, 2 furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Welmore Sluice
Mullicourt Aqueduct Winding Hole — 16 miles, 6 furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Forty Foot River - unnavigable section) to Horseway Lock, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Forty Foot River - navigable section) to Sixteen Foot Corner, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Sixteen Foot River) to Three Holes, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Middle Level Main Drain) to Mullicourt Aqueduct Winding Hole
Old River Nene - Whittlesey Dyke Junction — 19 miles, 5¾ furlongs and 2 locks away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Forty Foot River - unnavigable section) to Horseway Lock, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Forty Foot River - navigable section) to Old River Nene - Forty Foot River Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene) to Old River Nene - Whittlesey Dyke Junction
Bevill's Leam Pumping Station (southwest side) — 19 miles, 5½ furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Forty Foot River - unnavigable section) to Horseway Lock, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Forty Foot River - navigable section) to Old River Nene - Forty Foot River Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Old River Nene) to Old River Nene - Black Ham Drain - Bevill's Leam Junction, then on the Middle Level Navigations (Bevill's Leam: Mere Mouth to Pumping Station) to Bevill's Leam Pumping Station (southwest side)Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction
Denver Sluice — 15 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver SluiceNearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction
Denver Sluice — 15 miles, 4¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Forty Foot River - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old Bedford River) to Great Ouse - Old Bedford River Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (New Bedford River) to Denver Junction, then on the River Great Ouse (Old West River - Large River) to Denver SluiceNo information
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[River Great Ouse]
local region to wider markets. In addition, coal for several isolated pumping stations was transferred to boats for the final part of the journey, rather
[New Bedford River]
the Engine Basin, a drainage channel which is pumped into the river by the Hundred Foot Pumping Station. Blair, Andrew Hunter (2006a). The River Great
[Old Bedford River]
excluding water flowing from high areas from entering the low-lying area, and pumping out water which does manage to get into the low-lying area. The Old Bedford
[Prickwillow]
Prickwillow Museum is housed in the old pumping station and contains a major collection of working pumping engines. The village is also home to the Ely
[Middle Level Commissioners]
by a pumping station in 1934, at the time the largest flood defence pumping station in the United Kingdom. It was replaced by a new pumping station in 2010
[Internal drainage board]
maintenance of rivers, drainage channels (rhynes), ordinary watercourses, pumping stations and other critical infrastructure, facilitating drainage of new developments
[1946 New Year Honours (British Empire Medal)]
Ltd.). Frederick William Boyd, Foreman of Trades (Runways), R.A.F. Station, Mepal. Philip Boumthrey Boylan, employed in a Department of the War Office
[Stretham]
overwhelmed multiple rivers in England and eastern Wales, which flooded. The pumping station at Chear Fen, near Stretham, ran only for a short time during the floods
[Fen skating]
Larman Register to win £7, told readers merely that "the white-bonneted Mepal girl won 10 shillings easily, and beat the Lynn girl – a good race". By
[PGM-17 Thor]
that pump shaft vibration from the nearly 10,000 RPM operating speed would cause the bearings to come out of their sockets, resulting in the pump abruptly