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Steam pump

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a small pumping engine operated by steam. It is usually direct-acting.

See also: Steam



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Britain's sole surviving steam tug tender, the 1903 Tranmere-built Daniel Adamson, under restoration in Sandon Dock, Liverpool, has had two steam pumps refurbished free of charge by their original Scottish maker, Dawson Downie Lamont.
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Nearly as old is the Shand-Mason horse drawn steam pump fire engine that will also be there along with lots of decommissioned fire engines and some new ones.
 
 
 
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