Three Throw M.D. Hydraulic Pump, views taken at erection and on site, c.1941, O/No. 8531, c.1939

Order 8531 for Earle Bourne & Co. Ltd., c.1939

D7338/14/5/1/3333
Gloucestershire Archives
D7338/14/10/3334
Gloucestershire Archives
D7338/14/5/1/3335
Gloucestershire Archives
D7338/14/10/3336
Gloucestershire Archives
D7338/14/10/3409
Gloucestershire Archives

Ram size 3″ dia. x 10″ stroke x 120rpm x 3000psi.

This pump and the associated air/water accumulator system were used to power a 1500 ton horizontal extrusion press.

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