Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum

Prickwillow Drainage Engine Museum
Main Street
Prickwillow
Ely
Cambridgeshire
CB7 4UN
England

Website

General Details

www.prickwillow-engine-museum.co.uk

Full Details of Opening & Charges

www.prickwillow-engine-museum.co.uk/open.html

Location Maps

www.prickwillow-engine-museum.co.uk/map.html

Details of Large Engine Exhibits

www.prickwillow-engine-museum.co.uk/engines.html

E-mail

General Enquiries

enquiries@prickwillow-engine-museum.co.uk

Membership Enquiries

members@prickwillow-engine-museum.co.uk

Telephone

Museum

01353 688360

Group enquiries

078010540267

Membership enquiries

01353 720737

Fax

01353 723456

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The museum is housed in the original Prickwillow Engine House in a picturesque setting on the banks of the River Lark just a few miles from Ely, Lakenheath and Mildenhall. The original building has been extended in recent years to provide modern visitor facilities to cater for families and tourists, as well as the enthusiast of Britain's industrial heritage.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

May 1st to September 30th (Closed Wednesday and Thursday)11.00 to 16.30
Easter, April and October (Open Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays Only)11.00 to 16.00

Closed: November to April except Easter and 'Run Days'

 Admission charges

Adults: £3.00
Children: £1.00
Families: £6.00
Senior Citizens: £2.50
Members: Free
(Special Charges apply on 'Run Days' please see website for details).

Additional info

The Museum has a large free car park and visitors by boat will find public moorings on the River Lark at the front of the Museum.

A unique collection of oil-burning engines saved from destruction and restored to working order by a dedicated band of enthusiasts at an attractive village near Ely. These massive engines which date from the early twentieth century replaced earlier steam engines (which had in their turn replaced ancient wind pumps) and were used to prevent Fenland flooding by pumping water from drainage channels into rivers until themselves replaced by electric pumps towards the end of the twentieth century. In addition to the engines there is a fine collection of old Fenland implements and artefacts, displays explaining Fenland history plus the occasional exhibition.

Collection details

Archives, Inland Waterways, Industry, Social History

Key artists and exhibits

  • History of the Fenland and Fen drainage
  • Historic Maps, Records, Plans of drainage schemes
  • Principal Engines:-
  • Mirrlees 5-cylinder
  • Ruston & Hornsby single cylinder
  • Vickers Petter 2-stroke two cylinder
  • W H Allen 3S60
  • W H Allen T-47
  • Tangye single cylinder
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