Cream Pump

c. 1940 - 1950
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Overview

A small electric pump with poly piping which would have fed the cream from the Holding Vat into the Butter Churn

Historical information

It is unknown whether this cream pump was actually used in this Butter Factory but we do know it was used in a Butter Factory here in the south west.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-124-2021.175
Item type
Material
Contextual Information

The Cream Pump was used to assist the transfer of cream from the Holding Vat to the Butter Churn. The earliest butter factories would have had manually operated Cream Pumps, but later years would have seen introduction of mechanised pumps which would have used steam and then electricity.

Year
c. 1940 - 1950
Primary significance criteria
Social or spiritual significance
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Cream Pump
Cream Pump showing the cream pipes from the Holding Vat and to the Butter Churn

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