1 The junction of the Coventry Canal (1768) and the Oxford Canal (1769) has several features of interest: The engine house was erected in 1821 to house the very ...
Hawkesbury Junction Engine House, a pump house whose function was to maintain the water level. The engine house is still largely intact. These were built during the Imperial period and were situated at the junction of the Oxford and Coventry canals.
Before 1947 there were some gruesome stories of how pit ponies were treated. Warning: these stories contain graphic accounts of animal cruelty.