It is situated 5 miles (8 km) both east from Bourne and west from Spalding, and at a bend in the River Glen.

In a reference[5] that predates the pumping works, the nearby turnpike toll gate was known as Guthram Cote.

[6] This is indicative, as though the spelling and form of the name vary considerably, there appears to be no reference to the use of 'gowt' in connection with Guthram's Cote before the steam engine was installed.

[7] In 1189, when Richard I disafforested Spalding and Pinchbeck, Guthrams Gowt was known as Gudramsende, and the precursor of the adjacent Forty Foot Drain was the Midfendic.

The machinery for lifting the water off the fen is situated on the side of the Forty-Foot drain at Gutheram Cote, and was erected by the Butterly Iron Company.

The engines are stopped when this lift is attained, as the water is then level with the gauge fixed under the clause in the Act.

per horse power, per hour, of water actually lifted, which is very extravagant, modern engines and centrifugal pumps running with a consumption of 4.5lbs.

above the sill of the Black Sluice which is 20 miles distant.The book goes on to describe how proposals for a replacement engine were made in 1881, but were not taken up before Wheeler went to press.

[15] It is at the southern, upstream end of the South Forty-Foot Drain, and the location chosen for a new lock to allow traffic into the River Glen as part of the Fens Waterways Link project.