Bamford's Covered Chain Pump blue plaque

Lodsworth, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Bamford's Covered Chain Pump. Restored by Ted Holmes (Lodsworth Parishioner) in 1999. This pump made by Henry Bamford & Sons in about 1870, was previously erected outside the iron railings in front of the present day water pumping station situated between Lodsworth and the A272. It was used by drove

rs to fill a water trough for horses and cattle. The simplicity in design of the pump meant that it could not be affected by frost. It allowed one man to turn the flywheel and deliver up to 1500 gallo

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