More old water-powered stuff, this time from Herefordshire.
There are a lot of pumps here (20), almost all of the ones I found in the county, but I make no apology for sticking them all in one post - it’s the first and probably the last time any of these will be recorded.
About 40% of pumping equipment shown on maps of Herefordshire is still there, with a similar proportion of rams, considered as a subset.
I’ve left out a couple which are next to occupied houses, and also a working example in the Weir Gardens, a National Trust property (a Blake, happily watering a rockery).
Photos are phone, with sites ordered according the maker of the pump, starting with some Vulcans, made by Green and Carter.
a. This was actually the first one I looked for, at the bottom of the embankment of Belmont Pool on the outskirts of Hereford.
Like most of the pumps listed here it appears in the early 1900s, before the water mains arrived, and presumably served some nearby uphill property.
b. Another in a little hut like a train carriage near Peterstow, pumping to a farm.
c. Two near Hay-on-Wye, also for a farm - one of these was still going (click on the video).
d. An older ram near Bromyard, present by 1885 - I almost missed this one since it’s not shown on later maps.
It was made by an American manufacturer I haven’t come across before, W&B Douglas of Middletown Connecticut.
e. Another make of ram I hadn’t seen before on a farm near Kington, where a pump house is shown at this location since 1885.
It’s in peices and I didn’t see a maker’s name, but it was probably made by Robert Warner and Co of Walton-on-the-Naze and London.
A restored example, next to a Vulcan in the Hereford Waterworks Museum.
f. A couple of rams in a partially underground hut in field outside Hereford.
The furthest one looks like another Warner in bits.
The nearer one is a Blake, one of the commonest makes.
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There are a lot of pumps here (20), almost all of the ones I found in the county, but I make no apology for sticking them all in one post - it’s the first and probably the last time any of these will be recorded.
About 40% of pumping equipment shown on maps of Herefordshire is still there, with a similar proportion of rams, considered as a subset.
I’ve left out a couple which are next to occupied houses, and also a working example in the Weir Gardens, a National Trust property (a Blake, happily watering a rockery).
Photos are phone, with sites ordered according the maker of the pump, starting with some Vulcans, made by Green and Carter.
a. This was actually the first one I looked for, at the bottom of the embankment of Belmont Pool on the outskirts of Hereford.
Like most of the pumps listed here it appears in the early 1900s, before the water mains arrived, and presumably served some nearby uphill property.
b. Another in a little hut like a train carriage near Peterstow, pumping to a farm.
c. Two near Hay-on-Wye, also for a farm - one of these was still going (click on the video).
d. An older ram near Bromyard, present by 1885 - I almost missed this one since it’s not shown on later maps.
It was made by an American manufacturer I haven’t come across before, W&B Douglas of Middletown Connecticut.
e. Another make of ram I hadn’t seen before on a farm near Kington, where a pump house is shown at this location since 1885.
It’s in peices and I didn’t see a maker’s name, but it was probably made by Robert Warner and Co of Walton-on-the-Naze and London.
A restored example, next to a Vulcan in the Hereford Waterworks Museum.
f. A couple of rams in a partially underground hut in field outside Hereford.
The furthest one looks like another Warner in bits.
The nearer one is a Blake, one of the commonest makes.
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