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Sablon (Metz) | Roman | France | the pump was found in 1905, near village of Sablon, on the southern outskirts of Metz (eastern France), about 1.5km from its centre. Sablon name: the area is known for its sandy ground | Sab-Fp | Sablon (Metz) | 172 | III-IV AD | Sablon (Metz) | force pump | it raised water for pottery making |
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Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum) | Roman | United Kingdom | Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum, 12 km south of Reading | Silc-Fp | Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum) | 197 | II-V AD | Silchester (Calleva Atrebatum) | force pump |
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Wederath-Hunsrück (Vicus Belginum, Trier Area) | Roman | Germany | Wood-block force pump | Huns-Fp | Wederath-Hunsrück (Vicus Belginum, Trier Area) | 208 | Ca 247 | Wederath-Hunsrück (Vicus Belginum, Trier Area) | force pump |
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Bertrange | Roman | Luxembourg | the betrange pump was used in a fixed-installation at ground level to raise water to a header tank, later placed in the newly dug well in the fort to raise water from it. | Bert-Fp | Bertrange | force pump | II-III AD | Bertrange | force pump | raising water |
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St.Malo (Brittany) | Roman | France | a Roman port, just SW of St. Malo, Reginca it seems like the installation was ambitious, may even bronze rather than lead or iron. In conclusion, St. Malo examples are an attempt to produce a novel and prestigious installation, which did not live up to expectations. | Malo-Fp | St.Malo (Brittany) | 194 | 20-270 AD | St.Malo (Brittany) | force pump | to raise water from the small basin to a higher level of a pipeline or a channel, which led to a point where containers carried on carts were filled. |
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Trier 2 (Amphitheatre) | Roman | Germany | Tri-Fp2 | Trier 2 (Amphitheatre) | 204 | III-IV AD | Trier 2 (Amphitheatre) | force pump |
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Trier 3 (Heiligkreuz) | Roman | Germany | Tti-Fp3 | Trier 3 (Heiligkreuz) | 205 | III-IV AD | Trier 3 (Heiligkreuz) | force pump |
Heiligkreuzer StraßeHeiligkreuzer Straße Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate |
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Lincoln | Roman | United Kingdom | since the Roman town located on a hill top, the water must have either been pushed through the pipeline by means of a force-pump or have flowed through an inverted siphon fed by a cistern most likely similar to Silchester pump with wood-block model *the use of the bucket-chain to fill the siphon probably would have allowed significantly greater discharge than the use of a pump, although its installation would have been more difficult. | Linc-Fp&Bc? | Lincoln | 155 | Late I? | Lincoln | force pump | for drinking water |
LincolnEast Bight Lincoln, England |
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Castrum Novum (Chiaruccia, Santa Marinella) | Imperial | Italy | a force pump near Civita Vecchia , N of Rome | Casrum Novum | Castrum Novum (Chiaruccia, Santa Marinella) | 221 | I AD | Castrum Novum (Chiaruccia, Santa Marinella) | force pump | the pump was used to raise water for the public baths |
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Rome 1 (Località Colle Mentuccia) | Imperial | Italy | the pump was found at the bottom of a shaft, maybe one of those dug to construct Aqua Appia *no remains preserved *Stein's suggestion: the Mentuccia pump was an early design which less advanced than the generic design. *the piston design shows parallels with the pistons of the Zewen-Oberkirch pump | Ro1-Fp | Rome 1 (Località Colle Mentuccia) | 193 | I AD (this date is Stein's suggestion. Maybe it is even not a Roman pump) | Rome 1 (Località Colle Mentuccia) | force pump | *1* raise water from a well 2*dewatering the chamber 3*fighting fire |
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Tadeo-Irun | Imperial | Spain | During the excavations at Tadeo Murgia-Irun, a piece of force-pump (a valve) recovered from the archaeological sediments at the Roman port Oiasso | Tadeo Murgia-Irun | Ctesibius Bomba-force pump | I AD-II AD | Tadeo-Irun | force pump | unknown |
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Speronari | Imperial | Italy | the well where the pump was found dated to 2nd-4th A.D. the pump can be from same period it was not in operational position but it can not be used as fire-extinguisher since it has long and narrow liners | Spe-Fp | Milan | II-IV AD | Speronari | force pump | raising water for irrigatation |
Via SperonariMilan, Lombardy |
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Périgueux | Imperial | France | the date of the pump relies on the dates of finds from the well. The well was dug-first half of the 1st c. A.D. the well was very close to the kitchen of the domus and could have been connected to them by a set of pipes. (to raise water) the pump was dumped ( jeteé) into the well, however evidence suggests that the pump was found in its operating position (Stein 2014) the Périgueux pump show many feautures which indicate an innovative approach, which adapts the generic design to make the pump more robust, easier to manufacture, to instal and repair. | II AD (second half of II) | Périgueux | force pump | to raise water from the well it was found. |
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Trier 1 (Fleischstraße) | Imperial | Germany | Wood-block force-pump no evidence to date however three Roman pumps from Trier dated to 3rd c A.D. and two more are dated to 3rd-4th c. A.D. therefore it should be also in that range | Tri-Fp1 | Trier 1 (Fleischstraße) | 203 | III-IV AD | Trier 1 (Fleischstraße) | force pump | to raise water from the well it was found. |
FleischstraßeTrier, Rhineland-Palatinate |
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Sotiel Coronada 1 (Valverde del Camino) | Imperial | Spain | SoCo1-Fp | Sotiel Coronada 1 (Valverde del Camino) | 198 | I AD | Sotiel Coronada 1 (Valverde del Camino) | force pump | spreying water to cut rocks |
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Benfeld (Alias Ehl-Kertzfeld, Strasbourg Area, ancient Helvetum, France) | Imperial | France | storage vessel found in the well dates back to 2nd-3rd c. A.D. Kertzfeld in a Roman well (2km west of Benfeld, 25 km south west of Strasbourg, 10km west of the Rhine) | Ben-Fp | Benfeld (Alias Ehl-Kertzfeld, Strasbourg Area, ancient Helvetum, France) | Benfeld pump | 2 | Kertzfeld | II-III AD | Benfeld (Alias Ehl-Kertzfeld, Strasbourg Area, ancient Helvetum, France) | force pump | to lift water |
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