{"Page SDG":"SDG07 Affordable and clean energy, SDG06 Clean water and sanitation","Page URL":"https://www.appropedia.org/Hydrautomat","Page description":"The Hydrautomat is a self-powered water pump that uses both air and water pressure to lift water up a series of open and closed tanks by means of both vacuum and pressure. The Hydrautomat was invented by Thomas Gaskell Allen in the 1920's, and was hailed as 'One of the world's greatest engineering devices', and even garnering praise from the famous physicist Sir Oliver Lodge, who said of the device \"I can only express my admiration of the simplicity and beauty of the invention, and my wonder that humanity has had to wait so long for the construction of an arrangement which must prove of the greatest service.\" The Hydrautomat was about 7.5 feet high and could lift water 20 feet, and could pump as much as 70,000 gallons of water per day.","Page image":"File:Hydrautomat Mk 4.jpg","Page keywords":"Water distribution, Pumping, Irrigation","Page language":"en","Page license":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","Page title":"Hydrautomat","Page views":"1618","Page year":"Tuesday, 01-Jan-13 00:00:00 UTC","Project authors":"User:Blue112","Project status":"Designed, Modelled, Prototyped, Deployed","Project thumb":"https://www.appropedia.org/w/images/thumb/f/f8/Hydrautomat_Mk_4.jpg/330px-Hydrautomat_Mk_4.jpg","Project type":"Water pump","Modification date":"Friday, 28-Nov-25 03:04:56 UTC"}