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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 Cardiff in an outbreak of cholera in 1850. Taken out of service in c1882 and subsequently moved to Llanishen Reservoir in Cardiff where it worked until 1921rem

The EPV5 type is a vertical 5 cylinder diesel engine. It was housed at the Royal Ordnance Munitions Factory in a windowless bunker, guarded by a Lewis gun post, and close by was a purpose built reservoir to pump water for the site in case of fire.

This horse drawn manual fire pump delivered water from a two cylinder pump which was operated by the handles on both sides and the treadles in the front. Special features are the use of leather for the inlet and discharge hoses and the wicker-work strainer when drawing water from a pond and the water tank was being filled.

1880: Originally installed and housed in a cellar, it pumped water for household and garden needs from a deep well at Taplow Lodge on the Cliveden Estate, Buckinghamshire. Discovered by the National Trust in 1991, it was restored by local enthusiasts and began to run again in 1995 and until 2004, it is believed that the engine was run only once a year.

Originally installed at Alton Court Waterworks Pumping Station, Ross on Wye. It was in general service until 1964 and was last used in 1970. For some years from 1932 onwards it provided back-up to its successor engine, an Allen two-cylinder diesel engine which can also be found at the Museum.