What is this for?

[larry@stinescorner]

Some kind of pump

 

[Geo-TH,In]

What is this for?
I think Robin Hood may have used it to pump water at his Sherwood forest hideout. A fan was attacked to the shaft, wind powered pump.
George

 

[Steve@Advance]

Universal gear pump, positive displacement, good for many different fluids.

May be a casting number, or would have had a tag originally.

 

[used red MN]

I agree with Steve, I do believe in general a gear pump is not used for water applications. More lubes or fuels but maybe I am blowing wind. They sure think the one in the link is worth a lot even with an intentional window cut in it ??
Look at my inards

 

[Hdonly]

Sherwood makes a lot of water pumps for marine applications. If the body is brass or bronze, I am betting a water pump.

 

[Richard G.]

Larry, I have several hydraulic pumps on the shelf in my shop.
Looks similar to them.

 

[DoubleO7]

Doubt it is a hydraulic pump with the huge ports on such a small body.

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

Hydraulic motor??

 

[wore out]

Bronze gear pump with stainless steel shaft, they have been used for all sorts of things, from machine tool coolant pumps to spray pumps on small agricultural sprayers from "back in the day", matter of fact, I have an old sprayer that fit in a pickup box that uses a pump like that, direct-driven by a Tecumseh engine sitting back in the trees.

 

[midtnman]

Sherwood gear pump. I am so old I remember when John Blue used them on their dye marker kits on their spray trucks.