Rob,
The Lancs HER has a small number of hydraulic rams noted (often from historic mapping) and a very few wind pumps, but no wheel-driven water supply pumps. It may well be that a few did exist, but the OS didn't label them. Against that it does rain a fair amount here, and over most of the county it's never very far to a stream or well ...
There may be more of these in limestone areas where the water tends to disappear underground and thus be less available - I used to warden at a hostel in Clapham, N Yorks where all the water was supplied from a hydraulic ram on a stream exiting Ingleborough Cave as there was no surface water for some distance and it was miles from the mains supply.
Peter Iles
Specialist Advisor (Archaeology)
Lancashire County Council
Development Management
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From: Issues related to Historic Environment Records [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jill Hind
Sent: 26 June 2012 12:34
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Subject: Re: Water Powered Water Pump
I have spent the last few years researching water supply in Oxford and haven't found anything as well preserved as this. Wheel pumps and hydraulic rams were not uncommon for supplying villages as well as farms, but level of survival is less good. There are a few remains of wheel houses and or wheels and rather more rams surviving that I know of in this county. Unfortunately these things are not architecturally interesting nor of national or really regional importance so rarely get any level of protection, but do represent a major contribution to everyday life from the late 19th century to the second half of the 20th. My concern is that this area of social history is going to be swept away because of a lack of awareness and the nature of designation criteria.
Jill
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From: "Robert EDWARDS (Environment)" CHESHIREWESTANDCHESTER.GOV.UK>
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Sent: Tuesday, 26 June, 2012 11:32:17 AM
Subject: Water Powered Water Pump
Hi all,
I’m trying to put a significance to a water powered water pump which I
saw on a recent site visit (see attached picture). Housed in a
subterranean arched brick chamber is an iron or steel overshot water
wheel. The wheel powered a pump which drew water from a spring to the
farmhouse at c.500m to the south-east and a rise of 15-20m. The water
which drives the wheel derives from the nearby brook. The pump was still
in use in to the 1960s. I doubt it’s much more than 100-150 years old,
but I’m wondering if these were common and/or common survivals?
Thanks and best wishes
Rob
Rob Edwards
Historic Environment Records Officer
Cheshire Archaeology Planning Advisory Service
Tel: 01244 973667
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Location: The Forum, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 2HS.
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