Another dose of water wheel pumps - the first three, in alphabetical order, from a folder full of these things.
Although essentially completely unrecorded, water wheel pumps are one of the older types of mechanical device that can still be found.
Amesbury. Maps show this as a hydraulic ram after 1923, before that as a ’tank’ or an unlabelled box.
It turned out to be another water-powered Easton & Amos triple plunger pump - the fourth one of these I’ve found.
The pump itself was completely overgrown so a fair amount of weeding and excavation was required.
Water inlet with the pump house behind.
Both sides of what remains of the wheel…
…which worked the pump, largely complete except for the top of the valve manifold.
Calne. This is labelled as pump house, appearing between 1885 and 1899.
The wheel was there, but the pump mechanism had gone, apparently being replaced by a ram.
The pipework running beside the stream in the first picture took water to the overshot wheel.
Davenport. Shown as a pump house since at least 1882, this is the grounds of Davenport House, near Worfield.
It consists of the remains of a large wheel, now lying in the stream, and a battered Evans pump.
Evans made a lot of pumps - bits are missing from this one, but the advert and restored example in the the last photo show what sort it was.
Although essentially completely unrecorded, water wheel pumps are one of the older types of mechanical device that can still be found.
Amesbury. Maps show this as a hydraulic ram after 1923, before that as a ’tank’ or an unlabelled box.
It turned out to be another water-powered Easton & Amos triple plunger pump - the fourth one of these I’ve found.
The pump itself was completely overgrown so a fair amount of weeding and excavation was required.
Water inlet with the pump house behind.
Both sides of what remains of the wheel…
…which worked the pump, largely complete except for the top of the valve manifold.
Calne. This is labelled as pump house, appearing between 1885 and 1899.
The wheel was there, but the pump mechanism had gone, apparently being replaced by a ram.
The pipework running beside the stream in the first picture took water to the overshot wheel.
Davenport. Shown as a pump house since at least 1882, this is the grounds of Davenport House, near Worfield.
It consists of the remains of a large wheel, now lying in the stream, and a battered Evans pump.
Evans made a lot of pumps - bits are missing from this one, but the advert and restored example in the the last photo show what sort it was.
