Below are most of the remaining ram pumps in North Yorks, accumulated when I had to travel back and forth to Leeds fairly often - 24 rams, scattered across a large area.
Not included here are the 14 examples in the Tabular Hills which were shown previously (report #6) and a site near Catterick which also had the remains of a waterwheel pump (#10).
About 40% of pumping equipment shown on old maps is still there, with a slightly higher proportion of rams (45%), considered as a subset.
Most were installed in the early 1900s although a few are a bit earlier.
All except one of the pumps were made by either John Blake, or Green and Carter (who make ‘Vulcan’ rams and took over some other firms e.g. Easton).
As in previous collections, these pictures likely to be the first, and last, record of any of these things - closeups of the labels, if any, are included since both manufacturers have fairly complete records.
More information may be available for a particular pump should anyone be odd enough to want it.
Photos are phone and sites are ordered alphabetically.
Castle Howard. Two Blakes in this area, the first in the estate grounds, fed from a spring.
The second was awkward to find, buried in a dense rhododendron forest, with a reservoir further up the hill.
Galphay. An earlier Blake (installed before 1890, no serial number) in a pheasantry.
Ganthorpe. A working Blake, pumping to somewhere in the village.
Gilling East. A Blake with a broken airtank, powered by a lake.
Hornby. A nice pair of Blakes in a sunken circular hut, one of which was still running.
Little Ouseburn. A pair of Eastons in a fairly large and well hidden underground chamber.
The pump house appears on maps by 1892.
Malton. A Blake in a wooden shack.
The water supply was unusual, with a vertical cast iron reservoir/filter tank (now broken in two), filled through pipes from a lake.
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Not included here are the 14 examples in the Tabular Hills which were shown previously (report #6) and a site near Catterick which also had the remains of a waterwheel pump (#10).
About 40% of pumping equipment shown on old maps is still there, with a slightly higher proportion of rams (45%), considered as a subset.
Most were installed in the early 1900s although a few are a bit earlier.
All except one of the pumps were made by either John Blake, or Green and Carter (who make ‘Vulcan’ rams and took over some other firms e.g. Easton).
As in previous collections, these pictures likely to be the first, and last, record of any of these things - closeups of the labels, if any, are included since both manufacturers have fairly complete records.
More information may be available for a particular pump should anyone be odd enough to want it.
Photos are phone and sites are ordered alphabetically.
Castle Howard. Two Blakes in this area, the first in the estate grounds, fed from a spring.
The second was awkward to find, buried in a dense rhododendron forest, with a reservoir further up the hill.
Galphay. An earlier Blake (installed before 1890, no serial number) in a pheasantry.
Ganthorpe. A working Blake, pumping to somewhere in the village.
Gilling East. A Blake with a broken airtank, powered by a lake.
Hornby. A nice pair of Blakes in a sunken circular hut, one of which was still running.
Little Ouseburn. A pair of Eastons in a fairly large and well hidden underground chamber.
The pump house appears on maps by 1892.
Malton. A Blake in a wooden shack.
The water supply was unusual, with a vertical cast iron reservoir/filter tank (now broken in two), filled through pipes from a lake.
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