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This is a still representation
and possibly also a low-resolution image of a fully animated pump.
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Rag Pumps have been used for at least 400 years and probably a lot longer. |
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Their use was widespread. Rag pumps were used aboard large sailing ships
to bring salt water up for various uses and they were also used in wells.
Horses, a water wheel, or "tramping men" all might have supplied the power
to turn the wheel. |
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Cloth bundles, usually just rags, are tied in knots at intervals on a rope
or chain. The chain is then hung around a wheel and through a tube that
goes below water level. The base of the tube is flanged to prevent the
rag balls from catching. |
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When the wheel rotates water is drawn up a tube. |
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This pump is very similar to a Lift Disk Pump
and Bucket Pump. |
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