Wood Screw Pump - Wikipedia
WEBThe Wood Screw Pump is a low-lift axial-flow drainage pump designed by A. Baldwin Wood in 1913 to cope with the drainage problems of New Orleans.
#3 A.B. Wood Screw Pump - The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
WEBA.B. Wood Screw Pump is the most advanced low-lift drainage pump in use in the early 20th century, later used worldwide, which is honored as an ASME landmark.
A. Baldwin Wood - Wikipedia
WEBWood was hired by the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans in 1899, to try to improve the flood-prone city's drainage, Wood invented "flapgates" and other hydraulic devices, most notably his efficient low-maintenance, high-volume pumps including the Wood Screw Pump (1913) and the Wood Trash Pump (1915). …
New Orleans Has Been Using the Same Technology to Drain the …
WEBOct 6, 2017 · While that small pump is displayed as a relic, Wood’s pumps have been working to keep floods at bay for years. The city today has 120 pumps, and dozens of them are Wood screw pumps. The...
WEBIn 1915 the 12 ft. Wood Screw Pump was the most advanced drainage pump in use. Wood’s pumps were built all over the world after their successful operation in New Orleans was proven.
NOLA vs Nature: The Blessing And Curse Of The Wood Screw Pump
WEBJan 11, 2018 · The wood screw pump was a blessing and a curse for the city of New Orleans. As most of us know now, when you pump the water out, the soil shrivels up and the land sinks. And the more we pump,...
ASME-Landmark : A.B. Wood Screw Pump - ETHW
WEBWood, a young assistant city engineer, designed and installed a system of large screw pumps (axial flow machines) to syphon water and accelerate drainage. The Wood Screw Pump, which is still used in the city, consists of a syphon in the summit. Inside the syphon is a steel bladed rotating impeller.
The pumps that built (and sank) the city of New Orleans
WEBAug 3, 2020 · In 1927 the S&WB decided to double the city’s drainage capacity, so Wood designed a 14-foot version of his screw pump, which had the ability to pump one million gallons of water every five minutes. This 1916 photograph shows a large pump part outside of a New Orleans pumping station.
NOLA vs Nature: The Blessing And Curse Of The Wood Screw Pump
WEBThat’s how the wood screw pump works. And Wood’s pump could take on way more water per second than the other pumps. Campanella writes that this municipal drainage system that was powered by the wood screw pump is “the single most dramatic transformation of the New Orleans cityscape.”
The story behind the oldest pumps in the New Orleans' drainage …
WEBMay 29, 2018 · The Wood screw pump famously helped the Netherlands reclaim land once covered by a bay known as the Zuiderzee. The nearly century-old Wood screw pumps at Pumping Station No. 1 were tested in 2005...
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