[1] Until it was shut down in 1952, the engine discharged into the Blue Gowt which joins the River Glen at Surfleet Seas End.

[2] In 1952 the engine was rendered obsolete by modern electric pumps and stood forgotten until being opened to the public as a museum in 1979.

The museum is operated by the Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board,[3] successors to the commissioners who erected the engine.

[5][6] The chimney was demolished in 1952, and no actions were taken to preserve the boiler, which is no longer in a fit state to be used.

The engine is a static exhibit, which can be rotated by an electric motor for demonstration purposes.