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carnkie
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16 years ago

Excuse my ignorance but what was it originally?

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ben88800
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16 years ago

Looks a bit like the top of a capped shaft

AR
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16 years ago

The domed bit in the middle is a water pump of some sort, I think- I've seen a few like it around the Peak at the side of rivers to shift water up to farms, but I'm not clear on quite how they work. Any of our more engineering-minded members care to elaborate?

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Wormster
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16 years ago

looks to me like a air ram, used to pump water.

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Peter Burgess
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16 years ago

I think we mean a "Hydraulic Ram". Google should be your friend.

carnkie
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16 years ago

Often is. Thanks.

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Roy Morton
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16 years ago

You quite often see 'Hydraulic Ram' on old O.S. Maps.
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spitfire
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16 years ago

At first sight it does look like a hydraulic ram, but these require a constant flow of running water such as a stream.
The photo' shows it to be in some form of small reservoir. I would therefore suggest it is the air bottle on a reciprocating pump, this would ensure an even flow at the delivery end and eliminate any back surge which would occur at the end of each stroke

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ChrisOates
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16 years ago

"Peter Burgess" wrote:
I think we mean a "Hydraulic Ram". Google should be your friend.

There's a museum of these at the 'Lost Gardens of Helligan' at Mevagissey