R.H. wrote:
A new set has just been posted:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/


Rob


591. No one else here is old enough to have drawn water from a well?
Drilled wells were lined with 6" ceramic pipe. So it took a long,
skinny bucket to pass down into the well. Water filled the bucket
through the valve in the bottom. As it was lifted, the valve seated and
held in the water. Once the bucket was fully withdrawn from the well,
one held it over another container, then pulled the ring on the top.
This opened the valve at the bottom and emptied the bucket.

A special version called a sand pump was used to remove sand that could
collect in the bottom of the well, limiting the well's water capacity.

Dale Scroggins