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Westonzoyland Pumping Station

Westonzoyland is a small village on the Somerset Levels, a few miles from Bridgwater. It is the home of Somerset's earliest steam-powered pumping station (built 1830), now a museum displaying stationary steam engines (including Robeys) and exhibits of land drainage history.

About Robey

Road Roller Association

The Road Roller Association (RRA) was formed in 1974 by a handful of dedicated enthusiasts and now have over 450 members in the U.K. and overseas. One of the prime objectives of the RRA is to help encourage the preservation of Rollers, both Steam and Motor, and other items of road making equipment used by road making gangs,

Old Glory

If you love the spectacle of immaculately-restored old machinery, or are fascinated by Britain’s rich industrial and transport heritage, Old Glory is the magazine for you! In vivid detail it brings back all the sights and sounds of yesteryear.

'Volund Junior'

The Volund Junior was modelled on the Tandem roller design produced by Robey. The Damptromleklubben (steam roller club) of Denmark own and rally an example of this machine. It can be viewed at their web-site.

Road Locomotive Society

The Road Locomotive Society was founded in 1937 with the principle aims of encouraging education and research into the history of self propelling steam engines and vehicles (other than those running on rails) and "portable engines".

 

Amberley Working Museum

Amberley Working Museum is a 36 acre open-air museum dedicated to the industrial heritage of the south-east. Staffed largely by volunteers, the museum contains a wide range of exhibits, ranging from transported-based collections, such as the Southdown bus collection & the village garage, to industry-based collections, such as the Print Workshop & Wheelwrights. The museum is also home to a rather magnificent Robey Oil Engine.

NTET

The NTET represents owners and enthusiasts alike and is pleased to be regarded as the World's Premier Steam Traction Preservation Organisation

Dartmoor Tourist Association

On a sunny day, if you look across to Jurston Farm nestling in the foothills of Shapley Common, or visit North Bovey with its thatched cottages and village green, it is easy to forget that Dartmoor is a wilderness, where man clings precariously, and briefly, to the vastness of the land.

Tavistock Online

Welcome to Tavistock Online, a website dedicated to informing the wider community on business, leisure and community matters of interest and events in the West Devon market town of Tavistock.