1984

TQ3579 : A machine outside the Brunel Museum, Rotherhithe

taken 40 years ago, near to Stepney, Tower Hamlets, England

A machine outside the Brunel Museum, Rotherhithe
A machine outside the Brunel Museum, Rotherhithe
I believe position and view direction are about right. This appears to be a pair of Edward's type air pumps and I have discovered from a blog that they were used as priming pumps at a dock impounding pumping station for Surrey Docks - Lavender Dock Pumphouse. From that I deduce they were used to evacuate air from the casing of centrifugal pumps so that they would pump rather than just turn uselessly in air. A 2018 Streetview shows that they were still there.

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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Name: Brunel Museum Place: Rotherhithe Primary Subject: Machinery other tags: Museum Air Pump Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
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TQ3579, 737 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Chris Allen   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 28 April, 1984   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 23 July, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3524 7985 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.0849N 0:3.1776W
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3524 7985
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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