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  • Then I screwed the cap on again and went home, taking Allie's bilge-pump with me, for I couldn't stop to unship the hose.

    Cape Cod Stories Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • Almost the first thing I put my hand on was what I was looking for -- the bilge-pump.

    Cape Cod Stories Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • The exhaust gases from the engine are sent up by a pipe through the after-saloon, through its skylight, and up to a large valve on the bridge; from this valve two horizontal pipes run along the after side of the bridge, one to each side: By means of the valve the gases can be diverted to one side or the other, according to the direction of the wind, Besides the usual auxiliary engines, the main engine drives a large centrifugal bilge-pump, an ordinary machine bilge-pump, and a fan for use in the tropics.

    The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912 2003

  • The water trickling in was simply pumped straight out again by Ella’s Pink Lady’s seriously heavy-duty bilge-pump system, but considering the wild and deserted waters we’d soon be sailing into, it was a problem that I couldn’t afford.

    True Spirit Jessica Watson 2010

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