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Contents: The Somersetshire Coal Canal by Roger Halso, p. 2; Shutting the Stable Door, The Transformation of City Transport in Liverpool: Part Two by T. B. Maund FCIT, p. 27; A ÃÃ
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From 'The Somersetshire Coal Canal': Dunkerton pumping Engines c.1890. The canal was built to follow as closely as practicable the Cam Brook which was its main water supply. At Dunkerton the Canal Company has purchased the site of a former mill pond and shortly afterwards purchased a double-action pump (probably second-hand) to supply the canal with water from the pond. In about 1840 the Boulton & Watt pumping engine was moved from above the locks at Combe Hay and re-erected next to the existing engine at Dunkerton (the B&W engine is believed to be the one on the left). These engines fed the 6Ã