Markings: "TRAHERN" and "GEO. D. ROPER CORP ROCKFORD ILL. U.S.A."
Manufacturer: Roper of Rockford, USA.
Gressenhall (click on photograph to bring up bigger/better version).
[Thanks to John Hurst for all the photos.]
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At Cherry
Tree Cottage, Gressenhall Workhouse and Farm Museum, Gressenhall, Norfolk.
There's a similar one at Stanton, Suffolk. Markings: "TRAHERN" and "GEO. D. ROPER CORP ROCKFORD ILL. U.S.A." Manufacturer: Roper of Rockford, USA. |
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Also at
Cherrry Tree Cottage at Gressenhall Workhouse and Farm Museum, Gressenhall,
Norfolk. Markings: Flag. Manufacturer: Lee Howl. |
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In the
Laundry Room at Gressenhall Workhouse and Farm Museum, Gressenhall,
Norfolk. Markings: None Manufacturer: Unk. |
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Outside
the farm at Gressenhall Workhouse and Farm Museum, Gressenhall, Norfolk. Local
knowledge puts this pump as at least 30 years old. Markings: The stand has a "D" in a diamond at its base - but the D is back to front. (Explain that one, somebody...) Manufacturer: Unk. |
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Outside
the laundry at Gressenhall Workhouse and Farm Museum, Gressenhall, Norfolk. The
design is the same as the one above, and very similar ones are available
commercially today - so do we include it as an "old" pump, or dismiss as
newcomer? Markings: None. Manufacturer: Unk. |