Markings: Flag and "3IN".
Manufacturer: Lee Howl.
Sark
(click on photograph to bring up bigger/better version).
A 1-day visit in 2013 allowed a partial survey of pumps on the island. Four of the five pumps below were found in the village, and I was told that to this day there is no mains water supply but that islanders employ electric pumps to bring up water from the acquifer.
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This
small lift and force pump is on the external wall of the Visitor
Centre. Markings: Flag and "3IN". Manufacturer: Lee Howl. |
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Just
around the corner is a much older wooden-boxed lead pump. Markings: The lead tank carries the date - "1858" - and is decorated by what seems to be an eagle rising from its nest and two winged sphinxes. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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And
further down the lane is this private pump. It was at extreme telephoto range
for my pocket digital camera and is also out of focus (and it's a long trip
back to do it again). Markings: None discernible at this range. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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Another
private pump on the same lane. Markings: None discernible in the photo. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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In the
walled garden of La Seigneurie. Markings: The lead tank carries the same decoration as the other lead pump in the village (a probable eagle rising from its nest and two winged sphinxes). It also carries a date, 1855. Manufacturer: Unk. |
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