pumps

The rest of the pumps in Northumberland, although there are probably a few more, either not marked on old maps or ones I didn’t find at the time. Kirkwhelpington 1. A Blake in a tank with an empty pump house next door. It pumped water from a reservoir (first picture) filled by a well...

Another countywide listing of these pumps for posterity, or the ones shown on old maps anyway. I found 30 in Northumberland with a hit rate of just over 40% so I’ll split this into two posts to keeps things manageable. As usual some of the sites labelled as ‘hydraulic ram’ or similar turned out...

Mullingar is near the middle of Ireland and was an important railway hub from the mid 1800s. It’s railway station is Y-shaped and trains from Dublin could either carry on to Galway or go up to Sligo, both on the west coast. See When the train came to Mullingar | Westmeath Examiner for the...

Another disparate collection of water pumps powered by water wheels, in alphabetical order from a folder where they accumulate. Cartington (Northumberland). I went to look for a hydraulic ram near Cragside, the home of Sir William Armstrong, a famous engineer/inventor (think guns ’n...

A few more water pumps powered by water wheels, in alphabetical order from a folder where they accumulate. They’re almost never labelled on maps as water wheels and usually turn up when looking for other things. Ddol (Flintshire). After failing to find to find a hydraulic ram I had a look on...

A roundup of the remaining pumps in Cumbria, collected over several years on the way to mills or mines. The success rate was about 40% based on old maps, but this figure is only approximate since the labelling is not reliable - in practice you have to look at everything that might be water...

Introduction @JakeV50 and I have explored numerous pumping stations and water infrastructure sites over the last couple of years, searching for interesting finds. While many are undocumented, they’re often not the most exciting locations due to their size. Some visits were unsuccessful, others...

Or whatever this corner of the UK is now called - it used to be Avon when I lived there, a long time ago. Collected here is the ram component of the remaining water powered pumping equipment, mostly concentrated around Bath at the southern end of the Cotswolds. As usual these old pumps date...

Introduction I have always seen this small selection of buildings from the main road when visiting Sculthorpe, but stupidly have always disregarded them as empty buildings without taking a look. @Mikeymutt mentioned that he had had a look and discovered that the buildings had some nice pumping...

The ram component of the remaining water powered pumping equipment in Oxon. These pumps (all kinds) occur mostly in the north west corner of the county, in the foothills of the Cotswolds. The hit rate was about average, 47%, with 15 rams found, including a few not marked on maps. There are...

Three more wind-driven pumps I did on the drive home form Taunton as a change from looking at water-powered things. They all happened to be Climax pumps overtaken by trees, hence the title. Assuming they are Climaxes - if a name appears at all it only seems to be on the air ballast - they were...

The other half of the remaining pumps in Gloucs, which has a large number of these things for the reason given in a previous thread (#16). With 56 pumps found the hit rate in this county was relatively high (ca 60%) although this number is only approximate. There are always some not marked on...

I had to drive down to London recently, so stopped off at Panshanger Park near Welwyn, where three hydraulic rams are marked on old OS maps. All are on the Mimram River, which meanders through the valley of the former Panshanger Estate, landscaped by Repton into a series of artificial lakes...

Introduction Life has got in the way recently so I haven’t been doing much exploring this summer, so I haven’t been on full form. I’m hoping I will now have some more time to get some more bits done over the next few months. This was one of a couple of sites I checked out up in North Norfolk...

Another dose of water wheel pumps - the first three, in alphabetical order, from a folder full of these things. Although essentially completely unrecorded, water wheel pumps are one of the older types of mechanical device that can still be found. Amesbury. Maps show this as a hydraulic ram...