Weir pump, Bancroft Mill

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Weir pump, Bancroft Mill

Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 7 Jun 2009

This is in the engine house basement and was one of the boiler feed pumps. This type of non-rotative feed pump was once ubiquitous and was made until relatively recent times. This one was by G & J Weir of Cathcart, Glasgow.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.911258
Longitude
-2.19238