Water Pump - Wheelers Grove Cemetery - rural Tippecanoe County, IN
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member KC9PDY
N 40° 14.006 W 087° 04.576
16T E 493511 N 4453670
This hand operated water pump, is located by the fence, at the south west corner of the Wheelers Grove Cemetery. I pumped the handle a few times, and water came out of the spout.
Waymark Code: WMQZ9K
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member lopac44
Views: 1

This hand operated water pump, is located by the fence, at the south west corner of this small rural cemetery. According to the marks on the green painted pump body, this modern hand pump was made by the Baker Manufacturing Company, Evansville, Wisconsin. (visit link)

This rural cemetery is located on a small hill, on the west side of Indiana State Road 25, about 4 miles north of the small town of Wingate.

According to Find A Grave, there are approximately 400 interments in this cemetery. (visit link)

This is one of three cemeteries in rural Jackson Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Jackson Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 499. (visit link)

Tippecanoe County is a county located in the northwest quadrant of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 172,780. The county seat is Lafayette. Tippecanoe County was formed March 1, 1826, from Wabash County. (visit link)

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th largest by area and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U.S. state on December 11, 1816. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the population of Indiana was 6,619,680 on July 1, 2015, a 2.10% increase since the 2010 United States Census. (visit link)
Is it Working: yes

Nearest Address:
12760 State Road 25
New Richmond, IN USA
47967


Good place to park: N 40° 14.007 W 087° 04.531

How to find.:
This hand operated water pump, is located by the fence, at the south west corner of the Wheelers Grove Cemetery. This rural cemetery is located on a small hill, on the west side of Indiana State Road 25, about 4 miles north of the small town of Wingate.


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