GEM Cistern Pump - St. Joseph's Kirche - Little Berger, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 37.717 W 091° 25.968
15S E 636416 N 4276730
Alongside church on the old well
Waymark Code: WM13P6R
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/21/2021
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County of church: Gasconade County
Location of church: Catholic Church Rd. (CR-310), 2 miles E. of Swiss
Built: 1907
Congregation Disbanded: 1973
Architectural Style: Romanesque
Pump: GEM Company
This pump, is located on the well it served, and has not been re-panted, but looks like original. It is the center piece in a rock garden, and part of the flowing stream within the garden. This pump works, and is used.
Pump Details:
" Individual rubber "buckets" mounted on a chain (Chain and Buckets sold separately) and powered by crank, lift water up through a heavy plastic tube (not included). Raise water straight up from as much as 30', from cisterns, tanks and even ponds, lakes or rivers - fast enough to fill a 5-gallon bucket in under a minute.
• Lift water up to 30 feet
• Cast iron drive and spout
• Galvanized housing and tough plastic pipe and reservoir with a Powder-coated steel frame
• Minimum opening of 3" x 13" in mounting platform is needed
• For drop pipe use 1-1/2" plastic pipe (widely available, you supply as much as you need)
• 44" Tall, Mounting Flange 12-1/4" x 15-1/4" Head weight 38 lbs
• Drop Pipe and Chain/Buckets sold separately"
~ Cincinnati GEM Pumps