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Waterous Company is an American manufacturer of fire pumps, hydrants and fire suppression equipment. Based in South St Paul, Minnesota. [1] Originally part of Waterous Engine Works Co. Ltd, the fire equipment operation in Winnipeg was relocated to St Paul, Minnesota in 1886 [2] [3]
A jockey pump, also known as a pressure-maintenance pump, is a small pump connected to a fire suppression system near the fire pump and is intended to maintain pressure in a fire protection piping system. These pumps recover pressures lost from gradual, slow pressure declines in a system due to temperature changes, trapped air escapement, or ...
Peerless steam engine built by Geiser Manufacturing in 1895 List of Geiser products and associated numbers, 1924 Geiser Manufacturing Company office. Geiser Manufacturing Company was an early manufacturing company in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. Geiser Manufacturing was incorporated in 1869 by Peter and Daniel Geiser. [1]
By 1938 large numbers of the Coventry trailer pumps were being purchased by fire brigades, and demonstrated to ARP staff and members of the Auxiliary Fire Service. The "Coventry Climax trailer pump" was described as being capable of delivering 250–300 imperial gallons per minute (1,100–1,400 L/min).
An early device used to squirt water onto a fire is a squirt or fire syringe. Hand squirts and hand pumps are noted before Ctesibius of Alexandria invented the first fire pump circa the 2nd century B.C., [3] and an example of a force-pump possibly used for a fire-engine is mentioned by Heron of Alexandria.
Piping and instrumentation diagram of pump with storage tank. Symbols according to EN ISO 10628 and EN 62424. A more complex example of a P&ID. A piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) is defined as follows: A diagram which shows the interconnection of process equipment and the instrumentation used to control the process.
Engineered fire suppression systems are design specific and most commonly used for larger installations where the system is designed for a particular application. Examples include large marine and land vehicle applications, server rooms, public and private buildings, industrial paint lines, dip tanks and electrical switch rooms.
Pfister products' price range generally is somewhat lower than those of competitors such as Moen and Delta, but higher than those of private label brands such as The Home Depot's Glacier Bay and Delta's low-cost Peerless brand. Besides residential products, Pfister also manufactures a custom-designed fixture faucet line, PFISTER Custom Faucet ...