Pump and Blacksmith's
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Pump and Blacksmith's by Des Blenkinsopp as part of the Geograph project.
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Pump and Blacksmith's
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 19 Jan 2015
An old pump on the village green, with the restored blacksmith's shop beyond. The maker's name is on the pump. Ham Baker & Co Ltd. Westminster. S.W.1. Update.:- Seems I wasn't quite right about the pump bit. Dick Williams has sent me this. "Hi Des - just been looking, with interest, at your pic of a pump at Bletchingdon. It's actually a water pillar (hasn't got/doesn't need a handle!), which operates off the pressurised mains. These devices took the place of pumps when mains water was introduced, and are interesting in their own right. I do a regular trawl of geograph, looking for Village Pumps, and am always most grateful for any that geograph subscribers find." Thanks, Dick.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.855006
Longitude
-1.271809
