Elton (click on photograph to bring up bigger/better version).

The weirdest contraption at Elton, Derbs, comprising two lift & force pumps in series. I just can't see any practical way that this set-up could have operated, unless (long shot) the hold-up valve on the lower pump had failed and the upper pump was simply there as a replacement hold-up valve. Markings: A lion on the upper pump. Manufacturer: Upper pump: Joseph Evans.

A chain pump above an old lead mine shaft, in a field near Elton, Derbs. Thanks to Jack Street for the photo. Markings: Not quite discernible. Manufacturer: Unk.

Also at Elton, Derbs. Thanks to John Hurst for the photo. Markings: A very faint outline of a shield. Manufacturer: Possibly Bamford's.

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