Pump (machinery)

Object number
91.7.36
Creator
Newsham amp Ragg
Date
circa 1736
Description
Fragment of a fire pumper from pumper "Torrent." Half-barrel shaped wooden segment with black columns on each side. Painted red with painted flag (13 stripes), and "Torrent/1/Newsham & Ragg/London/1736". Inside back: 1 metal band for support. Supposedly part of the first fire pumper used in Newport.
Object Type
pumps (machinery)