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The excellent Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's visitor complex at
Wilmcote called Mary Arden's House includes many outbuildings, including
Palmer's Farm, and in the yard outside is this wood-boxed lead pump - and it
WORKS. It has a cast iron handle and operating rod, a lead barrel but no tank,
and two lead spouts emerging at different levels straight from the barrel.
Water may be drawn out of the upper spout by means of the simplest of
mechanisms - a wooden bung inserted into the lower spout. After priming, a few
quick pulls on the handle deliver water from the well below. I don't yet know
its age or anything else about it, but have left a message to see if I can find
out more. |
Markings: None.
Manufacturer:
Unk. |
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In Mary Arden's House itself, furnished as it would have been in
Victorian times, this cast iron pump is in the kitchen, next to a glazed sink.
The pump carries the following inscription, subtly different from other Appleby
pumps I've seen: |
APPLEBY & CO.
PATENTEES
RENISHAW IRON
WORKS
DERBYSHIRE |
Markings: None other.
Manufacturer:
Appleby's. |