PUMPS. 



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Fig. 244. 



Fig. 244 represents a cistern or well pump, so constructed 

 that the working parts are about 20 inches below the plat- 

 form, or base of the pump, and it is therefore well adapt- 

 ed for outdoor work. If the well 

 or cistern is kept covered tight, 

 the pump will not freeze below 

 the platform. It will succeed 

 in any well not over twenty feet 

 deep, and by means of its 

 various couplings may be made to 

 draw water in a horizontal or in- 

 clined position, provided the whole 

 height is not much over twenty feet. 



Fi-. 243. 



Cistern Pinnp. 



Non-fi^eezing Piirrvp. 



An excellent deep-well pump, made bj Cowing & Co., 

 of Seneca Falls, N. Y., is represented by fig. 245 ; the 

 working part, being placed at the bottom of the well, is 

 adapted to any depth of water, the rod working safely 

 within the pipe. The lower part of the cylinder is fur- 

 nished with a strainer, and is plugged at the bottom, to 



