Welland Internal Drainage Board – Mr Tavener Photograph Album

A photographic record of Mr Taverners work in 1940.

Deeping Fen Spalding & Pinchbeck Internal Drainage Board E. G. Taverner M.S.E. Title – 1

The Delph Diversion 22 April 1940 – 2

Spearpoint 22nd April 1940 – 3

Spearpoint completed – Sept 1940 – 7

Surfleet Reservoir – 4 

Excavation & Tube Laying –  5

Piling at Pode Hole – Sept 1940 – 6

Jordan’s Drain Extension – 8

Cowbit Wash Drainage 1940 – 9

Captain’s Drain – 10

Bell Row Tunnel Under New River 1940 – 11

Locks Mill Pump Cowbit Wash  – 12

Twin 14″ Dia Portable Pump Driven by D G Tractor 1941 – 13

Fantail Diversion Tunnel – 1941 – 14 16

Concrete Pipes Layed Haunching in Progress – 15

Hurdletree  Bank Scheme – 17  18

10 R. B. and 4 1/2 19 20 25  74

A Flooding Complaint – 21

Heading Walls – 22

Blue Gout – 23

Vernatt’s Drain Improvement 1941 – 24

Cowbit Wash – 1941 “CUB” 26

Green Lane Scheme 1942 – 27

Upstream Sharp’s Bridge 28 32

Upstream of Beet Factory – 29

Platt’s Bridge – 30 31

Pode Hole from Jobson’s Bridge 33 34

New Wardentree Lane Diversion – 35

Shortbolt Farm – 36  37

Misc – 38

River Welland – 39

Crowland Common Main Drain 1943  – 40

Pennygate – 41

Cross Drain Scheme 1943 – 42

Fourth District Main Drain – 43 44

Fleethaven Outfall Improvement Scheme – 45

Flushing Creek – 46

Deeping Fen 1942 – 47

Decoy Drain 1944 – 48 49

Pioneer Work – 50

Pumping Station – 51  52

Crowland Washes Scheme – 1944 – 53

Crowland Common Scheme – 1944 – 54

Town Drain – 55

Calthrop’s Dyke Scheme – 1945 – 56

Baston Fen Drain Scheme – 1945 – 57

Park Drove Outfall & South Drove – 58

Bourne and Thurlby Fen – 59   61

Piling at Pode Hall – 60

Cowbit Wash – 62

Counter Drain – 63

Thurlby Drain – 64

South Drove 1948 – 65 66 67 68

North Drove – 69 70

Bourne South Fen Pumping Station – 71 72 73 74