Markings: None.
Manufacturer: Unk.
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A smart
pump with clean lines in Allanton, Scottish Borders. Looking at the view of the
top, did it ever have a cap? Two holes show that something is missing. Photo
supplied by John Gow - thanks, John. Markings: None. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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A lonely
old wreck of a pump in a field at Howe, nr Blackhill, Aberdeen. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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This one's
at Blackness Castle, Blackness, Falkirk. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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Wooden-boxed pump up against a buttress of the church at Dinnet,
Aberdeen. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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A very impressive pump on the green in the beautifully-kept model village of Dunmore, Falkirk, built to house the workers on the 5th Earl of Dunmore's estate. Cast iron panels contain the following inscriptions: | |||
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SCHOOL AND VILLAGE OF DUNMORE TOGETHER WITH THIS WELL BUILT BY CATHERINE HERBERT COUNTESS OF DUNMORE WERE COMPLETED A.D. 1879. |
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"HERE
QUENCH YOUR THIRST, AND MARK IN ME AN EMBLEM OF TRUE CHARITY; WHO, WHILE MY BOUNTY I BESTOW, AM NEITHER HEARD NOR SEEN TO FLOW, REPAID BY FRESH SUPPLIES FROM HEAVEN FOR EVERY CUP OF WATER GIVEN" |
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| Markings: On base - Wm. Baily &
Sons, 71 Gracechurch Street, London. Manufacturer: William Baily & Sons, London. |
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The
remains of the pump at the smithy nr Keir Mill, Dumfries and
Galloway. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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The old
pump which used to supply the shepherd's cottage and bothy at Mainsbank near
Kinnel, Angus. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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On the
village green at Kirkton, Dumfries and Galloway. Markings: Unk. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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A large red sandstone edifice near Ladykirk, Scottish Borders, with a handle and access door hidden around the back. Photo supplied by John Gow - thanks again, John. A diamond-shaped metal plaque also holds the spout, and an incription reads as follows: |  |
| ERECTED BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY MARJORIBANKS OF LADYKIRK. TO COMMEMORATE THE JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA. 21ST JUNE 1887 |
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| There may have been inscriptions on three panels in the sandstone, but two have worn away. The remaining decypherable panel reads: | ||
| THE SPRINGS INTO THE VALLEYS PSALM.CIV.10 |
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| This is an extract from Psalm 104 v10: "He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills". | ||
| Markings: None others
seen. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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A
curiously psychedelic pump at Sinclair's Hill, Scottish Borders. Another photo
in the series supplied by John Gow. Markings: Lion. Manufacturer: Joseph Evans. |
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