MERRYWEATHER Estate Type Steam Fire Pump
£8,500.00
A very nice, highly original and complete example of a Merryweather & Sons hand-drawn portable steam fire pump.
Merryweather No.4715
7200 Gallons per Hour / 250 Ft Head at 200 r.p.m.
Single cylinder vertical engine driven pump mounted to a vertical boiler designed to raise steam at high speed, mounted on a two wheel hand-drawn trolley, and intended for use at estates, factories and institutional buildings, etc.
For sale in nicely preserved original condition.
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