Markings: A panel states "ARTESIAN TUBE WELL, SUNK BY LE GRAND & SUTCLIFF, BUSHILL ROW, LONDON, 1878".
Manufacturer: The same company might have made the pump, but it's by no means certain.
Langport (click on photographs to bring up bigger/better versions).
[Thanks to John Hurst for all the photos.]
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Langport,
Somerset. Markings: A panel states "ARTESIAN TUBE WELL, SUNK BY LE GRAND & SUTCLIFF, BUSHILL ROW, LONDON, 1878". Manufacturer: The same company might have made the pump, but it's by no means certain. |
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At the old pound, Langport, Somerset. The photo taken through the
battered corrugated iron cover reveals a twin-throw flywheel & crank pump
inside. A cast iron spout emerges through the front (just out of
shot). Markings: None visible in photos. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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