On 2010-04-12, Christopher Tidy wrote:
Ignoramus4694 wrote:

Great looking pump! What make is the electric motor?


Westinghouse is the motor brand.

Thanks. That was a seriously good deal for $5. I would have considered
it a fair deal at $100.

Does all the pipework hang from the top of the pump? That looks a bit
fragile, but maybe it's intended to be bolted to a wall.

I believe that the pipes go into a tank (which I decided not to take
with me). I will go back to that seller, and may change my mind about
the tank. The tank looked like nothing special.

Amazingly, both Westinghouse and the original maker of the pump (McKay
equipment), are still around.

This pump was used by an "old lady" until her house was demolished.

I would like to posit a hypothesis that I came up with yesterday,
which is that makers of equipment that is very long lasting,
themselves last longer. Some examples are Quincy compressor, McKay
equipment (maker of the pump), Champion compressor, etc.

Interesting hypothesis (I'm assuming that you're excluding consumable
goods). To turn it around another way, can anyone think of a maker of
crappy "durable" goods that has been in business a long time, and making
crappy goods all that time?

I cannot think of any first hand. I see a lot of progressions from
good to crappy.

i