The historic farm water pump

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[Kaila]

They worked very well.

 

[nyctrasit5950]

Fresh clean water until floridation showed up.

www.gov/fluoridation/about/index.html

 

[Coconut]

They worked very well.

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.

 

[Pinky]

Growing up in rural Alberta, we had no running water in the house .. just a well, and a hand pump.

 

[Kaila]

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.

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

 

[Kaila]

Growing up in rural Alberta, we had no running water in the house .. just a well, and a hand pump.

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]

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]

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.

 

[C50]

My childhood neighbor "old Elmer" had no electric or plumbing in the house so had a well pump. He liked me enough that I was allowed to use it any time I wandered by, I always appreciated that cold clean water.

 

[Aunt Bea]

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.