The work to rebuild the scoop wheel inlet tunnel is to start in the next few days.
The builders will dismantle the collapsing tunnel and rebuild, before increasing the height of the concrete retaining wall and filling with soil to prevent it collapsing sideways once more.
They will also be repointing some of the brickwork on the boiler room and engine house.
All this work should be completed in time for the first open day in May.
Members of the Trust have been busy this week replacing the old and rotting timbers supporting the tiled roof to the cottage extension. Erected in the latter half of the 20th century, the extension’s roof Read more…
The bunded bulk storage tank for our diesel supply is now in place. The tank was generously donated to us by the Witham 3rd District Internal Drainage Board and is designed to prevent the contamination Read more…
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