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Pumped Collection

Background imagePumped Collection: Primus Stove 1932

Primus Stove 1932
The Primus stove is an indispensable item in any campers equipment, burning paraffin gas without a wick, pumped by hand and extremely efficient

Background imagePumped Collection: Windmills at Maitos, Chanakkale - Turkey - destroyed during WW1. Date: 1923

Windmills at Maitos, Chanakkale - Turkey - destroyed during WW1. Date: 1923

Background imagePumped Collection: English Electric Canberra B. 2 WV787

English Electric Canberra B. 2 WV787
Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment - English Electric Canberra B.2 WV787 (msn 71644), water-spray tanker for icing tests

Background imagePumped Collection: Scenes at the Kent Waterworks, 1876

Scenes at the Kent Waterworks, 1876
Engraving showing a series of scenes at the Kent Waterworks, near London, in 1876. The images show (clockwise from top left)

Background imagePumped Collection: Bounteous fishing trawler half submerged, Newlyn, Cornwall

Bounteous fishing trawler half submerged, Newlyn, Cornwall
Bounteous fishing trawler half submerged at low tide off the coast of Cornwall, near Newlyn harbour, being pumped out and pulled upright after rolling and sinking in rough seas, 17 January 1980

Background imagePumped Collection: Ripleys Believe-it-or-not - Anato Hayes - Odditorium

Ripleys Believe-it-or-not - Anato Hayes - Odditorium
Ripleys Believe-it-or-not - Human Automobile Tyre - Wilber H. Roden ( Edema ) is inflated with an ordinary air pump to three times his normal size! Odditorium at The New York Worlds Fair of 1940

Background imagePumped Collection: Airbags used to raise fishing trawler, Newlyn, Cornwall

Airbags used to raise fishing trawler, Newlyn, Cornwall
Airbags used to raise the Bounteous fishing trawler off the coast of Cornwall, near Newlyn harbour, which rolled and sank in rough seas, 17 January 1980. A diver is also visible in the water

Background imagePumped Collection: Brine Pipes, Georg von Reichenbach, 1817

Brine Pipes, Georg von Reichenbach, 1817
Brine Pump. Georg von Reichenbach, 1817. The machine pumped salt solution, brine, in a pipe from Berchtesgaden to Reichenhall. It was in continuous operation for almost 100 years

Background imagePumped Collection: Pluto Pipe-Lines across the Channel by G. H. Davis

Pluto Pipe-Lines across the Channel by G. H. Davis
Series of illustrations showing the workings of the Pluto ( Pipe Line Under The Ocean ) pipes across the English Channel which pumped millions of gallons of petrol from Great Britain to France during

Background imagePumped Collection: Acccident in London docks, the ship Eastminster, when it cap

Acccident in London docks, the ship Eastminster, when it cap
The iron clipper ship, the Eastminster, shown capsized in London Docks. Strong winds blew her over causing her to hit and sink three barges. The crew escaped wet but unharmed


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