Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Jarntorget Well Pump

From Graces Guide
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in Järntorget (The Iron Square) in Gamla stan, the old town in central Stockholm.

This is an impressive communal pump in the centre of the square. It has a fluted iron column approx 10 ft high. A plaque on the base reads:


Järntorgsbrunnen
Rest 1829
Efter Engelsk Modell
Gåva av Rikets Ständers Bank

English translation:-


Iron Square Well
Erected in 1829
After an English Model
Gift of Ständers National Bank

For more information on location, see 'Waymarking' website.

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