Historische Handpumpe Unterdorfstr. 5 - Wesseling-Keldenich, NRW, Germany
Posted by: argus1972
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Old pitcher pump in Wesseling-Keldenich from 19. century at Unterdorfstr. 5.
Waymark Code: WMW9HV
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 07/29/2017
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Hand pumps are manually operated pumps; they use human power and mechanical advantage to move fluids or air from one place to another. This pump construction form was partially used till the 1950s to the water supply, until modern infrastructure was created.
In Wesseling some public pumps have been preserved. They exist of cast iron and dispose of a single force rod.
This pump at Unterdorfstr. 5 was restored in the mid 1980s. Since 1988 it is an architectural historical monument and listed as No. 57 in "Liste der Baudenkmäler in Wesseling"