Having a hand pump instead having to hand draw water from a hand-dug well was great....but to have a hand pump that was located on the back porch was pure luxury. It was the latest in technology and owned only by a few. It beat the heck out of going all the way to a spring for water. The pump worked simple enough. Just move the handle up and down and in a few seconds, up came the water...cold, clean, and refreshing. If the pump was not used for a while, it sometimes "lost its prime". If that happened, it would not pump up any water. To cure that problem, you simply poured in a little water (usually a quart or so would do), start pumping as fast as you could, and if you were lucky.........the pump started working again. If not........your tried the same process again until it did start working.
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