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Cobbs Engine House
Cobb’s Engine House (properly known as Windmill End Pumping Station) in Rowley Regis, West Midlands, England, is a scheduled ancient monument and a Grade II listed building built around 1831.
It housed a stationary steam pump used to pump water firstly from Windmill End Colliery and later other mines in the area. Utilizing a shaft 525 feet deep, 1,600,000 litres of water were pumped from the mines into the canal daily. It ceased work in 1928 and the Newcomen type engine was moved to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan in 1930. The engine house originally had a cylinder floor at ground level and two floors above but they and the roof have gone, leaving the building as a shell. The chimney stands 95 feet (29 m) high and is 11.5 square feet (1.07 m2) at the base, successively narrowing to 4 square feet (0.37 m2) at the top.
It stands near Windmill End Junction in the Warren’s Hall local nature reserve, where the Dudley No. 2 Canal and the Boshboil Arm meets the southern end of the Netherton Tunnel Branch Canal. The area came into the possession of Sir Horace St.Paul from his father-in-law, John Ward, 2nd Viscount Dudley and Ward, on his marriage to John’s daughter Anna Maria Ward. It was Horace who instigated the construction of the engine house.
Bumble Hole and Warrens Hall Local Nature Reserves
Bumble Hole and Warrens Hall Nature Reserves are great areas for leisurely walks and picnics with open areas of grass and bustling wildlife living along the quiet canal pathways.
Facilities
Visitor Centre - including historical displays, souvenirs and a charity stall
Refreshments and toilet facilities with limited opening times
Large areas of flat managed grass
Smaller areas of shaded and un-shaded grass
Managed canal side path ways
Gads Green football area
Close to road side access points
The area is host to the Black Country Boating Festival, an annual event held every September.
Any information on maps and parking : Bumble Hole and Warrens Hall Local Nature Reserves | Dudley Council
The originator declared that this location was not inside a Flight Restriction Zone at the time of being flown on 06/02/2023. It remains the responsibility of any pilot to check for any changes before flying at the same location.
