Markings: None seen at a distance.
Manufacturer: Unk.
Isle of Wight (click on photograph to
bring up bigger/better version).
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On
Bonchurch Village Rd., Bonchurch. This very smart "lift and force" pump mounted
on a plank had a dual purpose - to supply water externally via the stopcock or
internally to the house via the delivery pipe. Maybe there was a cistern
inside? I really don't know what the funnel-like attachment is for, on top of
the working barrel - perhaps for priming the pump? But it seems to have what
might be a bleed valve on its underside, although in the strangest of places if
it is. Markings: None seen at a distance. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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A flywheel and single-throw crank pump (minus its flywheel) under a nicely-renovated tiled wooden shelter at Calbourne. An inscription nearby reads: |
| REBUILT ON BEHALF OF CALBOURNE PARISH COUNCIL TO COMMEMORATE THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE 1977. |
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| Markings: "J. TYLOR & SONS, ENGINEERS. 2, NEWGATE ST.
LONDON". Manufacturer: J. Tylor & Sons, London. |
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A (chained-down) flywheel and twin-throw crank pump at Newtown. Nearby is an inscribed panel: |  |
| NEWTOWN
VILLAGE PUMP CIRCA 1894 RESTORED 1983 BY MEMBERS OF THE YOUTH TRAINING SCHEME ON BEHALF OF CALBOURNE PARISH COUNCIL - - - |
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| Markings: "J. TYLOR & SONS, ENGINEERS. 2, NEWGATE ST.
LONDON". Manufacturer: J. Tylor & Sons, London. |
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In the
High St., Niton. Not seen this model before, but it has a rather smart air
vessel. Markings: None found. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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An
octagonal pump, hidden deep in Parkhurst Forest, a long way from any building.
A concrete slab just in front of it covers an old well, which is shown on a
1907 map. The pump is surprisingly formal for its location, and carries some
nice embellishments. And it's essentially identical to one in Leigh,
Surrey. Markings: None. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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The public pump at St. Lawrence - with a curiously out-of-proportion handle, which I take to be a replacement, as the pump is otherwise almost identical with one in Ixworth, Suffolk. A nearby inscription reads: |  |
This one is outside a private residence in St.
Lawrence Markings: A "P" within a hexagon. Manufacturer: Trademark currently used by the Puteus Company of Germany. |
| ST LAWRENCE VILLAGE PUMP RESTORED BY THE UNDERCLIFF SOCIETY |
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| Markings: Warners, London. Manufacturer: John Warner & Sons, Crescent Foundry, Cripplegate, London. |
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Two pumps of very different eras at Sandford. The lead pump on the left carries in relief the date 1803 and (so I'm reliably informed) a depiction of "Flora", the Roman goddess of flowers and spring. The one on the right is a cast iron semi-rotary, minus its original wooden handle (which would have fitted over the iron spike), but complete with an air vessel that looks as if it has been cobbled together from a copper ball float. It has two fixing lugs which might indicate that it was originally mounted on a plank or other wooden framing. | |
| Markings: None other. Manufacturer: Unk. |
Markings: "No. 2 Runwell" and "British
Make". Manufacturer: Runwell. |
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A pitcher
pump employed as a water feature at the Crab Inn, Shanklin. No sign of a Lion
trademark, which I believe makes this pump pre-1890. Markings: "Jos. Evans & Sons Wolverhampton England". Manufacturer: Joseph Evans. |
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In the
garden of the Crown Inn, Shorwell, this pump is identical to the one at the Old
Coastguard Station, East Cowes. Markings: An entwined anchor and rope. Manufacturer: Unk. |
Click here to see a pic I've taken from www.geograph. org.uk's site. |
On the
green at the northern end of the village, Shorwell. (I missed this one on my
travels.) Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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This
one's tucked away on South St., Yarmouth. It was apparently erected over the
old well in 1890, but it has lost its cap and is now
cracked. Markings: There's a panel on the pump head, but nothing discernible on it. Manufacturer: Unk. |
