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Ram pump

This ram pump manages to pump water quite a distance. The water runs downhill from a pipe at the bottom of the cistern. Part of the water comes out a valve at the pump, the force of which drives a shaft up and down. As the shaft moves, it creates enough pressure to pump the rest of the water all the way back up the hill and to the top of the windmill!

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Uploaded on November 1, 2007
Taken on October 22, 2007