Monument record 0546801000 - BUCKINGHAM SECONDARY SCHOOL

Summary

Nineteenth century horse-powered water pump

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Type and Period (2)

  • WATER PUMP (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
  • HORSE WHEEL (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

HORSE WHEEL CONNECTED TO PUMPS IN NEARBY WELL (00:000).GEAR MADE BY ROBERTS OF DEANSHANGER. GEAR WHEEL WAS SUSPENDED BELOW FRAME OF HORSE WHEEL. AT OTHER END OF UPRIGHT SHAFT A DOUBLE SOCKET WAS FIXED TO MOUNT 2 HORSE ARMS. SMALL BEVEL WHEEL CONNECTED T O PUMP RODS. FORMERLY IN SCHOOL GROUNDS (B1).
PHOTOS (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC1965 Article in serial: Brunner H & J Kenneth Major. 1972. 'WATER RAISING BY ANIMAL POWER', IN INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY 9, P127. Vol 9.
  • <2>SBC9272 Photograph: Christopher Gowing. 1968. PHOTOGRAPHS (BCM PHOTOGRAPHS BUC/79-83, NEG.FILE A6/29)..

Location

Grid reference SP 69820 33310 (point)
Civil Parish BUCKINGHAM, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2024 11:06PM

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