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

Pump standing out in the middle of the green at Lowsonford, Warks. Markings: None. Manufacturer: Unk.

Also at Lowsonford, Warks. Thanks to John Hurst for the photo. Markings: Lion and "G. LINES PUMP MAKERS SOLIHULL". Manufacturer: Joseph Evans, supplied by G. Lines.

On a farm near Lowsonford, Warks. An interesting pump arrangement, and we've only seen one like this before, in Ridgewell, Essex. The geared device is known as a Pump Jack, and a very similar one features in a 1940 Climax catalogue. In it they quote: "By fitting this pump jack the unit is converted into a power head for belt drive. To revert from engine to hand power, it is only necessary to remove a single bolt from the crosshead and fix it in the handle connection". Thanks to Ann Williams for the photos. Markings on pump: Lion. Manufacture of pump: Joseph Evans.

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