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Remarkable pneumatic water lifter promises vast uses
A North Carolina inventor, Walter Raleigh Shepard, demonstrates a pneumatic water lifter using four pounds of compressed air to raise water thirty feet. The device could replace stand pipes and engines for private homes, water works, irrigation, and ship discharging, with potential applications across farms villages and railways, heralding a new era in water technology.
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Walter Raleigh Shephard
Topsail Sound
New Hanover County
George K. Shepard
J. C. Shepard
Buchatahone
Messen- Ber