What better time to "prime the pump" than the beginning of a new year. ... The pre-eminent manufacturer of hand pumps in the 1880s was F.E. Myers & Bros. Company in Ashland, Ohio.

There’s an old story about a man who was traveling by horseback on a cattle trail and sees a hand pump. A tin can is wired to this pump and contains a letter. The letter goes like this.

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Godwin Pumps, Bridgeport, manufacturer of the Dri-Prime® automatic self-priming, dry-running pump continues to support emergency relief efforts throughout the East Coast after Hurricane Irene ...