Got this years ago and put it away, but don't know what it was used for. Has a strainer slots on the bottom. Stands 17" high, base and cylinder are brass, handle and plunger are iron. Has numbers on middle arm   B 32 on one side 14 B 34 on the other. Haven't tried to clean it up but don't see any other name or numbers.

Perhaps a bilge pump for a boat?

they were used on the canal boats on the D&H canal I had one and donated it to the canal meusum  a couple years ago   bob w.

Thank You I knew there were smarter people than me. Never thought of a bilge pump. Now I can sell it intelligently.   Joe

Quote from: amertrac on February 19, 2012, 05:30:47 PM
they were used on the canal boats on the D&H canal I had one and donated it to the canal meusum  a couple years ago   bob w.

Roscoe Village may be interested in purchasing it.   It is an Ohio Canal historical village and museum.
I would like to see it there ;-)  some things deserve their rightful home for all to appreciate and see history.

Latest report. Thru contact with the Roscoe Village museum it is not a bilge pump. So I am back to square one. Found another number on the hose fitting  807F1. Connection is actually a garden  hose thread. I don't know how it could be used as the bottom is solid and the liquid comes in the sides and doesn't have any mounting brackets or holddowns.

You want the liquid to come in on the sides so you don't pick up all the mud and dirt laying on the bottom of whatever you are pumping out. I still feel it is a hand pump.

A whole range of different hand pumps have been used as bilge pumps - piston, plunger, semi-rotary and diaphram - I guess any pump that will do the job, this one included, would make a good bilge pump - if not for a designed for use on a canal boat, maybe a sump pump for a basement area?? The lack of integral fixing brackets suggest these may have been fixed to the frame or wall, and the pump removable for servicing etc..  Are there any marks on the barrell indicating where it may have been clamped???

Quote from: Billman49 on February 29, 2012, 07:22:21 AM
A whole range of different hand pumps have been used as bilge pumps - piston, plunger, semi-rotary and diaphram - I guess any pump that will do the job, this one included, would make a good bilge pump - if not for a designed for use on a canal boat, maybe a sump pump for a basement area?? The lack of integral fixing brackets suggest these may have been fixed to the frame or wall, and the pump removable for servicing etc..  Are there any marks on the barrell indicating where it may have been clamped???
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I checked.. no wear marks on the body or anywhere else. I am trying other sites to see if I can Id it.  Thanks