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Titre
Date(s)
- 1851 (Création/Production)
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Histoire archivistique
1851: Originally installed at a pumping station at Ely Wells, Cardiff
c1882: Taken out of service
c1882-1888: Moved and installed at Llanishen Reservoir, Cardiff
1921: Taken out of service
1932: Cardiff Water Works Committee agreed to preserve the Engine for… Read more
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
1999 - On long term loan from National Museum of Wales to the Waterworks Museum - Hereford.
2024 - Ownership transferred from Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales to Waterworks Museum - Hereford.
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Portée et contenu
Installed originally at a pumping station at Ely Wells, Cardiff in 1851 to pump clean drinking water for the citizens of Cardiff. A water pumping station was erected after polluted water from the River Taff had killed one in fifty of the population of… Read more
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Langue des documents
- anglais
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Beam pumping engine and twin ram pump.
Built to a Simpson design specifically developed for waterworks use.
Power: 15.2 kw (20HP); Efficiency < 10%; Flywheel 3.7 metres (12ft) diameter; plus a Single Ram Pump and a Pressure Vessel.
Now operates by the… Read more
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Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
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Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
Mots-clés - Noms
- Harvey's of Hayle (Sujet)
- Simpson and Co, London (Sujet)
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Langue(s)
- anglais