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Great shot of a classic Pump Escape - love all the details.

Regards, from Canada,
Pat_R-B

Added by Pat Rivers-Bowerman on 29 December 2009.

Surprising to see a reciprocating piston pump as late as 1934. I thought only Ahrens-Fox were building piston pumps this late - of course they continued into the early 1950s.

Are there any Merryweather experts who know when they finally dropped building piston pumps?

Added by Rob Johnson on 08 July 2013.

Northwich Urban District Council bought a Morris Commercial pump with a reciprocating pump in the 1930s, it was on the run till about 1954. It may of course have been a hand me down on a new chassis.

Added by Neal Glover on 08 July 2013.

Early 1950's. Merryweathers supplied a TL for Amedabad India with a midships Hatfield pump and a Commer Superpoise motor pump for Alexandria had a rear mounted Hatfield pump.

Added by Ron Henderson on 08 July 2013.

London switched to Dennis and Leyland centrifugal pumps from Merryweather reciprocating pump appliances shortly after WWI.

It took Merryweather around thirty years to get back to selling them pumps - but these were of course centrifugal pumps on diesel Maudslay chassis, largely chosen because they had diesel engines and Dennis could not offer a diesel until a few years later...

Added by Rob Johnson on 27 August 2017.

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