Round Hill Pump Houses
Two for one here. They aren't report worthy individually, so chucked them together on one report.
These stations are situated very close to one another on a piece of land called Round Hill. They are both to assist in drainage of the fields, pumping into drains which eventually flow into the River Waveney. The first we visited was a prefab type building housing a Brook Motors electric motor attached to a Caprari pump. Caprari is an Italian manufacturer of pumps and equipment, founded in 1945. Not something I've seen before in a station, but I suppose this has much newer equipment than ones I've found previously. There were some really lovely dials and gauges in this station. Proper old style ones.
The second station housed an electric motor also, which I tried to find a manufacturer's plate on, but was unsuccessful. It's a similar design to the Brook motor found in the previous station, but obviously can't say for definite it's a Brook motor. They are quite common so good chance it is. The motor drives a Sigmund Pulsometer Pump which is capable of pumping 207 gallons a minute and can run at 2900rpm. Like the station before, it had a Wade Rain hand primer on the pipe. Externally, this station looked much nicer with the ivy flowing over the roof.
Two for one here. They aren't report worthy individually, so chucked them together on one report.
These stations are situated very close to one another on a piece of land called Round Hill. They are both to assist in drainage of the fields, pumping into drains which eventually flow into the River Waveney. The first we visited was a prefab type building housing a Brook Motors electric motor attached to a Caprari pump. Caprari is an Italian manufacturer of pumps and equipment, founded in 1945. Not something I've seen before in a station, but I suppose this has much newer equipment than ones I've found previously. There were some really lovely dials and gauges in this station. Proper old style ones.
The second station housed an electric motor also, which I tried to find a manufacturer's plate on, but was unsuccessful. It's a similar design to the Brook motor found in the previous station, but obviously can't say for definite it's a Brook motor. They are quite common so good chance it is. The motor drives a Sigmund Pulsometer Pump which is capable of pumping 207 gallons a minute and can run at 2900rpm. Like the station before, it had a Wade Rain hand primer on the pipe. Externally, this station looked much nicer with the ivy flowing over the roof.
