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Description: | LeadWeight for a Pump Seal, as kindly identified by the finder. Cast sub-rectangular plate with a recessed lug on one side, which would pass through a leather sheet of thickness circa 4mm (now lost) to assure a watertight seal. Manually operated pumps were employed for engineering tasks in the Humber region from the 17th century onwards, and for drainage and agrarian purposes. This component may derive from a mechanical or motorised version of more recent date. These finds are reported from rural contexts in the region, and examples occur in the Carlile Collection, a comprehensive sample of locally found metalwork of all eras held by North Lincolnshire Museum (cf. NLM-906357). Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900.Length: 48.1mm, Width: 41.3mm, Thickness (clear of lug): 3.85gms, Weight: 141.88gms.
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