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2. Hand pump - Wikipedia

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   The installation, maintenance and repair of deep well hand pumps is more complicated than with other hand pumps. A deep well hand pump theoretically has no limit to which it can extract water. In practice, the depth is limited by the physical power a human being can exert in lifting the column of water, which is around 30 m

3. Schiller Woods magic water pump - Wikipedia

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   The current pump was installed in 1945, replacing earlier versions that date to the 1930s. [3] [5] As early as 1957, the pump drew press attention for its popularity. [5]A 1950s Forest Preserve superintendent noted that the well was so well-used that "when the handle is broken, everyone in the [office] knows about it within an hour". [5]

4. Water well pump - Wikipedia

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   Hand pump, manually operated; Injector, a jet-driven pump; Mechanical or rotary lobe pump requiring mechanical parts to pump water; Solar-powered water pump; Pump driven by air as used by the Amish; Pump driven by air as used in the Australian outback; Manual pumpless or hand pump wells requiring a human operator; The pump replaces the use of a ...

5. Pryor Avenue Iron Well - Wikipedia

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   The Pryor Avenue Iron Well, or Iron Well, is an early artesian water well located in the Bay View Historic District of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was built in 1882 and named for its high iron content. Originally water naturally flowed from the pressurized aquifer below. The original hand pump is now replaced with an electric pump.

6. List of artesian wells in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Ludowici Well, Ludowici, Georgia; Maka Yusota, Savage, Minnesota; McConnell Springs Park, Lexington, Kentucky; Olympia Brewery, Olympia, Washington (see Olympia Brewing Company#Use of artesian water) Polk Theater well, Lakeland, Florida; possibly used in the loop of the first air conditioning system in America; Pryor Avenue Iron Well, Milwaukee ...

7. Bilge pump - Wikipedia

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   The pump would be placed near the bottom of the hull so as to suck water out of the ship. Force pumps were used on land as well. They could be used to bring water up from a well or to fill high placed tanks so that water could be pressure pumped from these tanks. These tanks were for household use and/or small-scale irrigation. The force pump ...