Lade Bank Lock Pumping Station, Old Leake, Lincolnshire
Lade Bank Pumping Station was built in 1867. It is on the site of the earlier Lade Bank Lock, built in 1805. The pumping station was rebuilt in 1938 alongside the earlier building and oil engines were installed in 1940. The pumping station was built to counteract the effects of the shrinking of the peat in the East Fen. The fen could no longer be drained by gravity alone and the water had to be pumped into the higher southern half of Hobhole Drain.
