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Vintage Goulds Water Pump

  Lot # 046
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Very Good
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19"H
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Basement Table 2
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Lot # 046
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Vintage Cast Iron Water Pump The Goulds Seneca Falls NY #2.

A wooden pump banded with iron was produced in 1848, marking the start of Goulds Pumps. This one has not been tested. In 1848 Seabury S. Gould purchased an interests in Downs, Mynderse & Co. and the firm became Downs & Co. Wooden pumps were produced in an old cotton factory building. In 1869, the name of the company was changed from Downs & Company to Goulds Manufacturing Company. Seabury S. Gould, a man of unusual vision, was the founder of Goulds Manufacturing Company. He keenly watched as the first pump casting emerged from its mold of sand. An iron pump, he believed, would overcome all the disadvantages of a wooden pump. He ran the company until after the Civil War. In the 1920’s Goulds became a household name, with ads in the Saturday Evening Post and illustrations by Norman Rockwell.From 1848 – 1964 a Gould family member was President of the company. The company ownership was transferred from family owned to public and employee ownership of stock in 1964.