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2. Bilge pump - Wikipedia

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   A bilge pump is a water pump used to remove bilge water. Since fuel can be present in the bilge, electric bilge pumps are designed to not cause sparks. Electric bilge pumps are often fitted with float switches which turn on the pump when the bilge fills to a set level. Since bilge pumps can fail, use of a backup pump is often advised. The ...

3. Xylem Inc. - Wikipedia

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   Goulds Water Technology is a brand of Xylem Inc. providing pumps for residential, commercial and agricultural applications and Goulds Pumps remains a part of ITT Corporation providing pump products for the industrial market. Xylem comprises three business units – Water Solutions, Analytics, and Applied Water Systems.

4. Swallow (keelboat) - Wikipedia

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   The latest rule change in 2014 allows electric bilge pumps. The Swallow was designed by Tom Thornycroft as a potential replacement for the Star class still in use. The design was entered in a 1946 competition sponsored by Yachting magazine but never became significantly popular outside the United Kingdom.

5. Maritime hydraulics in antiquity - Wikipedia

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   The bilge pump was an improvement on the first hydraulic pumps used in antiquity: force pumps. Invented around the early 3rd century BCE, the most primitive design of a force pump consisted of a piston pushing water out of a tube, constructed by soldering individual bronze elements (Stein 246).

6. Gorman-Rupp Company - Wikipedia

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   Diversifying their product line to include a variety of specialized pumps contributed to significant sales increase and growth in the post-war era. [4] In 2021, The Gorman-Rupp Company had sales of $378.3 Million and was listed by industrial database IndustrySelect as one of the largest pump manufacturers in the United States. [5] [6]

7. Regulation of ship pollution in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In April 2021 a ship engineer on the Zao Galaxy, an oil tanker, was convicted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California for intentionally dumping oily bilge water in February 2019 and submitting false paperwork in an attempt to conceal the crime. The engineer may receive a substantial prison sentence and fine.