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Cornish pump

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a pumping device consisting of a large wheel overshot from a flume, used for draining placer claims.

See: Davis water wheel

Quotations

1958

. . . Lieutenant-Governor Randolph Bruce had unveiled a Cornish pump which had been donated by W. H. Boyd as a reminder of Quesnel's heritage of gold.

1960

[Caption] Davis, or Cornish water wheel and flume [used in] hydraulic operations at Morning Star Claim.