Wind, Steam and Diesel - the changing landscape of The Fens

How Wind, Steam and Diesel changed the landscape of The Fens from a sea of reed to the bread-basket of Britain. Filmed at Wicken Fen nature reserve, Streatham Old Engine, Prickwillow Museum, Ten Mile Bank pumping station and Wadloes Wind Farm.
Please visit www.prickwillowmuseum.com to learn more about Wind, Steam and Diesel.
Filmed and produced by www.historyneedsyou.com
Created in association with the Ouse Washes Landscape Partnership ousewashes.org.uk
and the Heritage Lottery Fund www.hlf.org.uk

[@carpypete]

Great little film that, love the Fens.

[@trevuser2007]

Wonderful !!

[@mathewgreen4099]

Thanks for posting. Weirdly, I’ve just been reading about Fenland water pumps in windmills in my 1975 edition of The Shell Book of Inland Waterways. 👍

[@robnewman6101]

This video sometimes minds me of East Anglia.

[@ackphui5813]

With heat exchangers, steam power can be MUCH more efficient than it used to be. Willi B. in Canada.

[@innertide13]

no comment

[@robnewman6101]

British Waterways.

[@gilessmedley619]

*hwheelbarrows 😂

[@63DAVEMAC]

The reason I do not like this video, All the measurements are NOT in Imperial and should be. Britain has left the EU now. If you can't change then please convert to impeial measurements, as many countries still use them. Shame this looked like it could have been interesting.