Posted by Gordon on April 10, 2001 at 23:14:26 from 62.60.22.77:
In Reply to: Re: Electricity at Beckfoot posted by Mike-the-lapsed-Aussie-hydraulics-engineer on April 10, 2001 at 01:55:04:
Ah! Hydraulic rams - you are quite right! I just cannot figure out an AR connection!
Long ago (before I was an 'umble Boatman) I was responsible for the restoration of a large estate for the National Trust - and that had a gorgeous hydraulic ram which pumped water up from a beck for the garden fountains. All done by water power . . . .