Testing Pump

Object detail

Accession number

1978.188

Maker

Vulcan Boiler and General Insurance Company Limited

Production period

1900s
1910s
1920s

Description

Boiler Surveyor's testing pump. Rectangular wooden box with hinging lid, leather handle and latches on front. Dovetailed corners. Box contains testing pump. Pump has central brass cylinder with red painted foot hold, red base has two valve connections, top has wooden pump handle with wingnut lock. Black rubber pipe broken off at one end and filter gauze at other end.

Marks

780 / VULCAN / H.P. TEST PUMP. Impressed

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Metal

Credit Line

Vulcan Boiler and General Insurance Company Limited. Circa 1900-1920. Testing Pump, 1978.188. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Pump Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology Mechanical T&E Mechanical Devices

Collection type

Industrial Heritage Technology

Subject auto tags

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