Pumping Collection (page 4)

Construction of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works, Crossn
Engraving showing the construction of the Metropolitan Main Drainage Works at Crossness, Kent, in 1864. This facility, now better known as Crossness Pumping Station

The Pumping Engine for Trafalgar Square Fountains, London, 1
Engraving showing one of the pumping engines used to draw water, from deep underneath Trafalgar Square, to supply the fountains and nearby Government offices, 1845

Dr. Howard Demonstrating Resuscitation, Royal Humane Society
Engraving showing Dr. Howard, Medical Officer of New York Harbour, demonstrating his resusciation technique at the Receiving House of the Royal Humane Society, Hyde Park, London 1878

The Organ Blower
Early or unsophisticated organs rely on manual power to supply the air for the pipes; this youth is pumping air in an English parish church

Crossness Opened
J W Bazalgette opens the Southern Pumping Establishment at Crossness, a key item in his Main Drainage system for Metropolitan London

Filling up at Water Pump
A boy fills up a large water tank on the back of a horse- drawn carriage from a street pump Date: early 19th century

Hand pump at the Fruiterers Arms, Hartlebury
Operating a hand pump at the Fruiterers Arms, Hartlebury, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Small Manual Engine / 1870
A small manual fire engine constructed by the well-known firm of fire engineers, Messrs. Merryweather & Sons of Greenwich. Date: 1870

Chelsea Waterworks
Chelsea waterworks in the 18th century : the Newcomen steam engine which provides the pumping power can be seen between the two brick buildings

Pneumatic Machine
Machine pneumatique for pumping air out of a glass dome to create a vacuum

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