Subjects Pumping Engines

Includes steam engines, water-powered wheels or turbines, and gas-fired and electric pumps, used to provide power that operates pumps.

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Fairmount Water Powered Works Expansion (1859 to 1861)

Fairmount Water Turbine Wheels (1851)

Fairmount Water Powered Water Works (1822)

Fairmount Steam Works (1815)

Apparatus for testing Model Turbine Engines used at Fairmount, 1859-60

Apparatus for testing model turbine wheels used at Fairmount, 1859-60

Jonval Turbines at New Mill House, 1870