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Summary

Vis=bodman (13/9/2000) brick built turbine house 24' x 18' x 15' at apex utilising old leat from bolham weir to bolham mills to provide water into a sub-leat with a fall of c10' into a deep cutting taking water back to the river exe. Erected at the same pre 1900 time were a pair of brick semi-detached cottages to house the turbine 'keepers'. Electricity was supplied to knighthayes court by cable in an oil-filled pipe + taken into national grid c1945 (worksheet).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS91NW/108

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION (XIX to XX - 1880 AD to 1906 AD (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1142.

Vis=bodman (13/9/2000) brick built turbine house 24' x 18' x 15' at apex utilising old leat from bolham weir to bolham mills to provide water into a sub-leat with a fall of c10' into a deep cutting taking water back to the river exe. Erected at the same pre 1900 time were a pair of brick semi-detached cottages to house the turbine 'keepers'. Electricity was supplied to knighthayes court by cable in an oil-filled pipe + taken into national grid c1945 (worksheet).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV55072.

Des=worksheet(bodman)/(13/9/2000)/in pf.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Small building shown over small leat to south of Bolham Weir. Map object based on this source.

Ferris, F. J., 2009, Knightshayes Court, Tiverton, Devon: Hydro-Electric Power Generation (First Draft) (Un-published). SDV355538.

Hidden away and forgotten about for well over half a century is an example of early 20th century electrical history, that of hydro-electric power generation. Inside this small building can be found the equipment of a hydro-electric generating plant. The turbine building measures approximately 10 metres by 5 metres with a floor to ridge height of 10 metres. The basement of the building was constructed as a reservoir to store the water needed to power the turbine. Sluice valves were installed to isolate the water supply and allow for maintenance of the equipment. A new water-course was constructed to divert water from the River Exe to the turbine building.

Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.

Map object based on this source.

Sources / Further Reading

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Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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