Pump (1) - elephas - pompa manuale pozzo Elephas - 1950-1960

Beautiful cast-iron manual pump with the brand "ELEPHAS", a type of well pump used to manually draw water.
They are made of sturdy cast iron.
The ELEPHAS hand pumps are used to extract water from the ground, usually from wells or tanks, up to a maximum depth of about eight meters. Operation is based on the manual action of a lever that drives a piston, creating a vacuum that draws in the water and then expels it through the tap.
Size 70x30 cm
A beautiful object to decorate the garden.
The name "Elephas" derives from Latin and means elephant, probably due to the shape of the dispensing mouth that resembles a proboscis