Curator's note:  soon after this exhibit was first displayed in this virtual Museum, John Davies contacted us with information about his restoration of a Joseph Evans pump and drawing our attention to an article: "A Plethora of Pumps" by John Hobbs in "Old Glory" No.49, March 1994.  This article gives a well illustrated history of Joseph Evans, based largely on information from James Evans, the great great grandson of Joseph Evans himself.  Accordingly we have added here some information about the earliest history gained from that article.  We have also heard from Rupert Evans, another descendant, who has kindly provided further information.  Rupert runs a flourishing engineering business which includes pumping in its activities.  Somewhat later we heard from John Mackay and from Mike Langford, both of whom worked for the company and we have added their accounts.

Joseph Evan and Sons (Wolverhampton) Limited were founded about 1810 (or maybe even earlier) and made a wide variety of pumps for all purposes until about 1965.  This virtual exhibit is in several parts which may be read in any order by clicking on the list below.  You can also go through the exhibit using the buttons at the foot of each page.