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      Creator(s):
Sharples Engineering

Date: 1910 -

Description: Vacuum pump - open operated, crank driven. Adapted as a whistle blower. Originally from Campbell Town. This hand operated pump was amongst first used for milking machines. Adaption - whistle from McCarthy's steam traction engine and hand wheel from a laundry mangle. Collectors item.

Format: Realia
Object: pumps

Titles:
Sharples Vacuum Pump

Subjects: dairy farmsfarm machinespumps

Places: Campbell Town, Tasmania

Institution: Grubb Shaft Gold and Heritage Museum

Object number: GSM_00019

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