Cheltenham Pumps (click on photographs to bring up bigger/better versions).

	In the Pittville area of Cheltenham, Glos. Markings: None seen from a distance. Manufacturer: Unk, although the counterweight and bucket hook are designs I've seen before.
	A small pump tucked away in a side street in Cheltenham, Glos. Markings: None seen. Manufacturer: Unk.
	A tiny portable semi-rotary seen at a Steam Fair in Cheltenham, Glos in 2009. Stands on a monopod and is fitted with an air vessel. Markings: "NH" inside a diamond. Manufacturer: Newman Hender.
	Mounted on the end of a wheeled water barrel at a Steam Fair in Cheltenham, Glos. Markings: None seen on the pump, but the water barrel is marked at both ends with "T. Baker & Sons, Compton Berks 130 gals". Manufacturer: T. Baker & Sons, Compton, Berks.

	At the very grand Pittville Pump Room, in Cheltenham, Glos. After all these years of living in Cheltenham, and walking past the Pump Room inumerable times, only in 2022 did I properly explore inside, to discover that the spa water was originally delivered by means of two hefty pumps, from a 100' well. The images to the right show the handles, the two big brass counterweights and some notices. Space is very limited between the back of the pump and the wall, and these are the best camera angles I could get. Some history will appear here in due course. Markings (at the back):
	THESE HANDLES PUMPED THE CHELTENHAM WATERS FROM 1830 TO 1960. THEY ARE NOW BEING PUMPED ELECTRICALLY FROM THE WELL BELOW. DONATIONS WELCOME
	Manufacturer: Unk

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