Raab Karcher Timber, Swan Lake Mill - steam pump
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Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 23 Feb 1991
A horizontal duplex non-rotative steam pump on a Tanalising plant in this timber yard. The site has now been redeveloped. The pump was built by Worthington-Simpson Ltd of Newark-on-Trent and was No. D209B with cylinders 7.5" x 4" x 6". This was a standby vacuum pump.