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

elton 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.

elton, 2014 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.

elton, 2017 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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