Farming of Lincolns'kire. 



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Name of Engine. 



Acres 

 Drained. 



Horse- 

 power. 







Engine used. 



Extreme 

 Lift. j 













Feet. 







Soss Engines .... 



6000 



80 



Scoop-wheel 



10 







Heck-dike Engine. 



1000 



15 





10 







R. J. Atkinson's . 



400 



8 





4 









300 



4 





4 







Low Level .... 



300 



5 





4 









150 



0 



5 J 



4 









100 





> 5 



4 







Broughton's .... 



1 000 



20 



? J 



4 









5000 



60 



1 > 



S 







Buttervvick .... 



600 



20 



Pump . • 



8 









100 



5 



Scoop- v.- heel 











300 



8 



J > 



; 







Wm. Pearson's 



•200 



8 



> J 











4U0 



16 



5 5 



4 









300 



5 



J 5 



4 





The Soss works of drainage Lave two engines of 40 horse- 

 power each, draining a district of about 6000 acres. The 

 engines drive two large scoop-wheels capable of lifting the water 

 up to 12 feet; the outfall is the river Trent at Stockwith. In time 

 of floods the river does not ebb out so low by 10 feet as at other 

 periods ; when this is the case the engines on the main drains 

 have to lift the water from 8 to 10 feet. The Heck-dike engine 

 has also its outfall in the Trent, and has to contend with 

 difficulties similar to those of the Soss works. These engines 

 drain a district of land in Nottinghamshire, but immediately ad- 

 joining the low levels in the Isle, and in fact forming a part of 

 the same level. The Hirst-Priory engine (about li miles 

 south of Crowle) drains about 5000 acres, lifting the water into 

 one of the main drains which has its outfall in the Trent at 

 Althorpe. These constitute the public steam-engines ; the 

 remainder of the engines are small ones, erected for the purpose 

 of draining small districts or single farms. They lift their water 

 into the nearest drains communicating with the river Trent, and 

 are not required to raise the water more than 4 feet at any time. 

 They serve their respective districts better than the larger engines 

 do theirs, and are more economical. The cost per acre of the 

 steam drainage of course varies materially according to the season 

 and the nature of the weather : in winter the downfall is crreatest, 

 and the evaporation least, and in summer vice versa ; so that the 

 chief part of the work is elFected during the former portion of 

 the year — the amount of water thrown out, and consequently 

 the proportion of expense incurred, depending entirely upon the 

 relative degrees of downfall and evaporation throughout the year. 

 Some years, therefore, bring heavier charges than others ; but 

 the average cost will be from 25. to 55. per acre. Steam power. 



