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Album: In the beginning - the Worthington Steam Pump Co.
Henry Worthington built the first
direct-acting steam pump in 1840, and joined William H. Baker in
1845 to form the firm of Worthington & Baker for the sole purpose of
manufacturing steam pumps. He invented the duplex steam pump in
1857; Worthington continued building steam pumps for over a century.
Changed: May 12, 2008.
Contains: 61 items.
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| Album: The Legacy of the George F. Blake Manufacturing Co.
The various steam pump builders have all left a legacy of surviving steam pumps, catalogs, engravings, photographs, and facilities. But one firm has left all of the above, plus a family who still maintains an interest in the company founded in 1864 by their great great grandfather, George Fordyce Blake.
Changed: Mar 13, 2008.
Contains: 43 items.
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| Album: Dean Bros. Steam Pump Co.
Founded by the five Dean brothers in New York in 1869. The company moved to the south side of Indianapolis some time
in the early 1870's. The company was privately owned until purchased by Met-Pro Corp. in 1984. They changed
the company name to the Dean Pump Division of Met-Pro Corp., and the Dean Pump Division remains in business to this day.
Changed: Mar 13, 2008.
Contains: 22 items.
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| Album: American-Marsh Pump Co.
Founded as the American Steam Pump Co. in Battle Creek, MI in 1873. Became the American-Marsh Pump Co. in 1922. Most of the material in this wing comes from the American Marsh website at http://www.american-marsh.com, and the historical images section of the Willard Libary website at http://ww2.willard.lib.mi.us.
Changed: Jun 10, 2008.
Contains: 44 items.
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Album: The Victor/Bullard Steam Pump Saga, by G. Scott Jamieson
Invented by James H. Bullard in 1885-86 and fitted to Locomobiles and other steam cars; article by G. Scott Jamieson.
Changed: Mar 13, 2008.
Contains: 9 items.
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| Album: Warren Steam Pump Co.
A prosperous small town factory is bought out or
merges with another firm. The combined firm then pulls out; leaving the town and it's employees wondering where to go from there. For Warren, MA in 1897, the solution was to build their own firm, which is still in business today.
Changed: Mar 13, 2008.
Contains: 32 items.
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| Album: Hall of Nameplates
Gallery of nameplates from the various steam pump builders
Changed: Mar 13, 2008.
Contains: 27 items.
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| Album: Historical Photographs
Gallery of photographs of steam pumps; along with linotype drawings from the 1870s-1890s and other illustrations.
Changed: Jun 11, 2008.
Contains: 66 items.
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Album: Solvay Coke Plant, Milwaukee, WI, USA
All but three were scrapped in August 2004; photos by Larry Tucker.
Changed: Apr 23, 2008.
Contains: 93 items.
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| Album: Steam Lizards under the clock: Colgate & Company Jersey City Plant
Located between 1931 Pierhead Line, Essex, York, & Montgomery Streets, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ, USA; demolished in 1989-1990. Photographs and most text from the Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record website at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/habs_haer.
Changed: Mar 13, 2008.
Contains: 14 items.
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