Collection

There are two Joseph Evans hand pumps in the collection.

• Cistern Lift Pump, 5L, 2½" Barrel
• Colonial Lift & Force Pump, 131, 2½" Barrel

Cistern Lift Pump, 5L, 2½" Barrel

This pump has an iron leather-cupped bucket with jaw top, iron wing bucket valve seated on a brass follower and an iron-weighted suction clack valve.

The tail-piece is fitted with an iron nut and brass outlet screwed for wrought iron tube. The pump is supplied with lugs on the barrel for securing to a plank or wall, hence known as model 5L.

The handle can be arranged for left or right hand operation and stands about 24" tall.

Colonial Lift & Force Pump, 131, 2½" Barrel

This pump is a brass lift and force pump. It is fitted with a wrought iron handle working in bushed bearings and is mounted on a hard-wood plank. The bucket rod is of gun metal and is fitted with a brass leather-cupped bucket with a brass wing valve. The suction and delivery valves are of the leather brass-weighted flap type.

These pumps noramlly have screwed suction and delivery pipes, but this pump is arranged for fitting to lead pipes. It stands about 5 foot tall.