The historic farm water pump
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nyctrasit5950
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Yes they do work very well.
When I was a young child my family stayed with my Grampa, he had a water pump.
I remember (pump,pump,pump.) (squeak,squeak,squeak)
Some of my family out of state still have them. Most of course have both pumps and modern tap running water.
Kaila
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That's a good memory!Yes they do work very well.
When I was a young child my family stayed with my Grampa, he had a water pump.
I remember (pump,pump,pump.) (squeak,squeak,squeak)
Some of my family out of state still have them. Most of course have both pumps and modern tap running water.
I forgot the squeek part.
It was helpful to fill large watering cans to water vegetable plants, and also was useful to wash off hands and gardening tools.
Pump, pump, pump....squeak, squeak, squeak
Kaila
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Would it freeze up in the winter?
And did you also have a sistern tank, to gather water or other receptacles for rain water? Not to drink.
(Oops, that is spelled cistern?)
Lilac
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- Flyover Country
We have & still use the hand pump we put on our well head back in the late 90s. With the animals, we needed to make sure we have water should the power go out for any length of time. It came in handy when we used it during Hurricane Ike & we lost power for 5 days.
katlupe
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- Norwich, NY
That is what I used for about 20 years at my house before I moved here in 2018. Worked very well as our only water source. It was red too like that picture.
Aunt Bea
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- Near Mount Pilot
When I was a kid there were still a few of these wooden water pumps around, most of them were pretty well worn out and rotten.
Wooden Water Pumps
The farmers used to use these old ram pumps to pump large volumes of water uphill to provide water for home and farm, watering livestock etc…
They make a popping sound on the order of a loud heartbeat as they pump.
Sort of a perpetual motion machine.
Wooden Water Pumps
The farmers used to use these old ram pumps to pump large volumes of water uphill to provide water for home and farm, watering livestock etc…
They make a popping sound on the order of a loud heartbeat as they pump.
Sort of a perpetual motion machine.
I remember...That's a good memory!
I forgot the squeek part.
It was helpful to fill large watering cans to water vegetable plants, and also was useful to wash off hands and gardening tools.
Pump, pump, pump....squeak, squeak, squeak
If the water pump had not been used yet that day, we would need to prime the pump.
Pump it, some dirt would spit out, pump it until the water was clear, then the water was good to drink.
We had to stand back a little ways or the dirt/water would splash all over us when it spit out.
As children we had a lot of fun with the water pump.
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