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A Secondary Pump

A black-and-white photograph of a water pump with attached pipes on the edge of a quarry pit

Circa 1914

Source: Beachville District Museum collection – 1996.23.01

This is a secondary pump on the pit’s edge at Beachville White Lime in 1914. It would have run on gasoline and forwarded water from the pumphouse to the river.