Prickwillow Museum
THE MUSEUM OF FENLAND DRAINAGE
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    • Mirrlees 5 cylinder blast injection
    • Allen T47 2-stroke
    • Allen 3S60 4-stroke
    • Allen 3 cylinder 76.6 bhp
    • Ruston & Hornsby single-cylinder horizontal engine 36 HP
    • Vickers Petter 2-stroke
    • Ruston Hornsby 9HRC
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    • Internal combustion
    • The 2-stroke cycle
    • The 4-stroke cycle
    • Blast injection
    • Pressure charging
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Our collection

Our collection includes six large diesel pumping engines, all British-built and of early to mid twentieth century design, rescued from Fenland pumping stations. 

Our Mirrlees engine is the original engine installed at Prickwillow pumping station in 1924. 
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John Setchfield, the last diesel pumping engine driver at Prickwillow.
The large engines are complemented by a collection of small, portable, engines by Lister, Petter and other manufacturers.

All the engines in our collection have been restored and are maintained by a team of volunteers. If you'd like to join us, you can find out more here.
Please click on the links below to find out more about the main engines in our collection.


Mirrlees 5 cylinder blast injection


W H Allen T47 2-stroke


W H Allen 3S60 4-stroke


W H Allen 3-cylinder 76.6 bhp


Ruston & Hornsby single-cylinder horizontal 4-stroke


Vickers Petter 2-cylinder 2-stroke


​Ruston Hornsby 9HRC

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For more information on the terminology we use to describe our engines,
please visit our Engineering page.
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