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  • ...rkwright at £1000 and landscape (at unknown cost) the grounds of his then house. Water could be drawn from the sough at night as well as at weekends. Comin ...gly, the canal owners first hired a pump and then built the [[Leawood Pump House]] in 1849 buying a Cornish-type beam engine from Grahams of Elscar.
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  • ...;– bought the Cromford Estate for £20,000. Nightingale also built Rock House as a residence for Arkwright, overlooking the mill, and gave him a further ...]. In January 1845, the Cromford Canal Company decided to have a permanent pump built to provide enough water during dry conditions. This was made by Graha
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