2000 BC Egyptians invent the shadoof to raise water.

It uses a long suspended rod with a bucket at one end and a weight at the other. 200 BC Greek inventor and mathematician Ctesibius invents the water organ, an air pump with valves on the bottom, a tank of water in between them and a row of pipes on top. This is the principal design that is now known as the reciprocating pump. 200 BC Archimedean screw pump is designed by Archimedes is considered one of the greatest inventions of all time and is still in use today for pumping li uids and granulated solids in both the industriali!ed world and in the third world"where it is a preferred way to irrigate agricultural fields without electrical pumps. 1475 According to #eti, the $ra!ilian soldier and historian of science, the first machine that could be characteri!ed as a centrifugal pump was a mud lifting machine that appeared in a treatise by the Italian #enaissance engineer %rancesco di Giorgio &artini. 1588 'liding vane water pump technology is described by Italian engineer Agostino #amelli in his book (The )iverse and Artifactitious &achines of Captain Agostino #amelli,* which also included other pump and engine designs. 1593 %renchman +icolas Grollier de 'ervi,re creates an early design for a gear pump. 1636 -appenheim, a German engineer, invents the double deep.toothed rotary gear pump, which is still used to lubricate engines. This gear pump made it possible to dispense with the reciprocating slide valves used by #amelli. -appenheim drove his machine by an overshot water wheel set in motion by a stream and was used to feed water fountains. The emperor %erdinand II granted him a (privilege* . the e uivalent of a patent . in respect of this invention. 1650 /tto van Guericke invents the piston vacuum pump, which used leather washers to prevent leakage between the cylinder and the piston. 1675 'ir 'amuel &oreland"an English academic, diplomat, spy, inventor and mathematician" patents the packed plunger pump, capable of raising great uantities of water with far less proportion of strength than a chain or other pump. The piston had a leather seal. &oreland0s pump may have been the first use of a piston rod and stuffing bo1 2packed in a cylinder3 to displace water. 1687 %rench.born inventor )enis -apin develops the first true centrifugal pump, one with straight vanes used for local drainage. 1738 In fluid dynamics, $ernoulli0s principle states that for an inviscid flow, an increase in the speed of the fluid occurs simultaneously with a decrease in pressure or a decrease in the fluid0s potential energy. It is named after the )utch.'wiss mathematician )aniel $ernoulli, who published it in a book (4ydrodynamica.* The principle is applied to various types of fluid flow and is loosely known as $ernoulli0s e uation.

1782 5ames 6att"who invented the steam engine0s connecting rod crank mechanism, which made it possible to convert the piston0s reciprocating motion into rotary motion"designs an oscillating piston machine in which a wing.shaped rotary blade made a near complete revolution uncovering inlet ports in a chamber separated by a curved radial wall.
-eerless large split case design from the ;<?=s being installed in the field. -eerless -ump photo courtesy of Grundfos.

1790 $riton Thomas 'impson harnesses steam power to pumping engines for municipal water applications and founds the 7ondon company 'impson and Thompson Co. 2predecessor to 6orthington 'impson3. 1830 &odern screw pump is invented by #evillion. 1845 4enry #. 6orthington invents the first direct.acting steam pumping engine. 6orthington -ump designed its first products to power canal boats and 8.'. naval vessels. 6orthington later pioneered pump designs for boiler feed, oil pipeline and hydro.electric applications. 1848 In 'eneca %alls, +.9., 'eabury '. Gould purchases the interests of Edward &ynderse and 4.C. 'ilsby in )owns, &ynderse : Co., forming )owns : Co., later known as Goulds &anufacturing Company. 1849 Goulds casts and assembles the world0s first all.metal pump. 1851 $ritish inventor 5ohn Appold introduces the curved vane centrifugal pump. 1851 5ohn Gwynne files his first centrifugal pump patent. 4is early pumps were used primarily for land drainage, and many can still be seen today in pump house museums. They were usually powered by Gwynnes0 steam engines. $y the end of the ;<th century, Gwynne was producing pumps of all si!es to cover all industrial applications, from small electric pumps to those rated at ;,=== tons per minute. 4is company had also begun to produce scientific pumps, e.g., porcelain pumps for chemical works. In the ;<>=s they were producing almost ;,=== different models.
'eabury '. Gould, ;@?@. -hoto courtesy of Goulds -umps.

1857 6orthington produces the first hori!ontal, duple1, direct.acting steam pumps for boiler feed. 1859 5acob Edson invents the diaphragm pump and founds the Edson Corporation in $oston, &ass., to manufacture and sell his pump.

1860 Adam Cameron founds the Cameron 'team -ump 6orks, and becomes another pioneer in reciprocating steam pump engines. 7ike 6orthington, Cameron0s first products were used to power merchant marine and 8.'. naval vessels. Cameron pumps were later applied in water resources, oil pipeline and refining and boiler feed. 1868 'tork -ompen of 4engelo, +etherlands, pioneers the concrete volute pump for water drainage. 1869 )owns : Company changes its name to Goulds &anufacturing Company. 1870 8A -rofessor /sborne #eynolds develops an original design of a centrifugal pump. 1871 5ohannes Alein receives a patent on his (boiler feed apparatus.* 6ith %riedrich 'chan!lin and 5akob $ecker, he founds the company (%rankenthaler &aschinen. : Armatur.%abrik Alein, 'chan!lin : $ecker* 2now known as A'$3 to manufacture boiler feed e uipment and valves. 1874 Charles $arnes of +ew $runswick invents the vane pump. 1874 6ilson.'nyder grows into the premier line of slurry, pipeline and refinery pumps. 1874 Gotthard Allweiler invents and produces a series of hand wing pumps.

A single and two stage pipeline pump assembly in the ;<C=s at the #uhrpumpen plant in 6itten, Germany. -hoto courtesy of #uhrpumpen.

1886 5ens +ielsen, founder of Biking -ump Company, invents the internal gear pumping principal while designing a pump to remove e1cess water that was seeping into his limestone uarry from a nearby creek. 1886 8nited Centrifugal -umps is incorporated. It becomes the world0s foremost supplier of high.pressure crude oil and refined product pipeline pumps. 1897 -reston A. 6ood makes the first deep well turbine pump in 7os Angeles, Calif.

1899 #obert $lackmer invents rotary vane pump technology, a pump design that was an important departure from the old gear principle and predecessor to today0s sliding vane pumps. 1900 'iemens files the first German patent for li uid ring vacuum pumps and compressors. 1901 $yron 5ackson develops the first deep well vertical turbine pump. 1902 Aldrich -ump Company begins manufacturing the world0s first line of reciprocating positive displacement pumps for steel mills and mine dewatering. 1904 5ens +ielsen enlists George ('horty* &athes to construct his gear pump design. 1905 &ultistage centrifugal pumps are developed. 1905 Two Goulds triple1 pumps are installed in the +ew 9ork Times building, accomplishing the highest lift of water to date">@D feet, C inches. 1906 AndrE -etit invents the eccentric disc pump and starts his company, &ouve1, in -aris. 1908 6estern 7and #oller pioneers the design and manufacture of irrigation pumps. 1908 4ayward Tyler creates its first electric motor for use under water and develops the wet stator motor for use as a boiler circulation glandless motor.pump. 1910 7ewis 4. +ash files the first 8.'. patent for li uid ring vacuum pumps and compressors. 1911 5ens +ielsen builds the first internal gear pump, founding the Biking -ump Company. The Biking #otary (Gear.6ithin.A.Gear* pump 2the first of its kind3 is placed on the market. 1912 )urion, a universally corrosion.resistant material, is invented by the )uriron Castings Company 2later known as )urco -ump3 and is applied to process e uipment. 1913 Inventor and engineer Albert $aldwin 6ood invents the 6ood screw pump. 1915 Biking -ump Company wins the -anama -acific Award for internal gear design. 1915 Albert $aldwin 6ood invents the 6ood trash pump. 6ood spearheads the reclamation from swamp and the efforts to develop much of the land now occupied by the city of +ew /rleans. 'ome of 6ood0s pumps have been in continuous use for more than @= years without need of repairs. +ew ones continue to be built from his designs. 1916 Aldrich produces the first direct motor.driven reciprocating pump. 1916 6hile Armais 'ergeevich Arutunoff first invented submersible pumps in #ussia in ;<;C, their use in the 8nited 'tates did not begin until the ;<F=s. Arutunoff first designed his pump for use in ships, water wells and mines. 4e altered the design to work in oil wells. Thanks to

further refinements to Arutunoff0s design, there are more types of submersible pumps, allowing use in other applications such as pumping drinking water, creating fountains and pumping wastewater. 1916 The first )/##C/ T& 'uction -ump is built by )orr./liver -ump Company for the mineral process industry. 1917 4ydraulic Institute is established. 1917 7ouis $ergeron invents the concrete volute pump and founds $ergeron '.A. 1918 $yron 5ackson produces the first hot oil pumps for the petroleum industry. 1920 Biking builds its first domestic oil burner pump using a mechanical seal. 1921 4arry 7a$our founds 7a$our -ump Company. A pioneer in the development of pumps for the chemical industry, 7a$our developed corrosion.resistant alloys to incorporate into his pumps. 8ntil his time, sulfuric acid was always pumped with lead pumps, the only known material that could handle certain concentrations of the acid. 1921 5eumont.'chneider begins manufacturing water and slurry pumps in 5eumont, %rance. It later develops solids.handling pumps and segmental ring section multistage pumps. 1921 )orr./liver -ump Company develops the /7IBITE series of centrifugals for slurry transfer. 1923 $yron 5ackson demonstrates the first use of centrifugal pumps for oil pipeline and the first automatic booster station. 1923 #uthman Companies designs the worldGs first sealless vertical pump. 1924 )urco -ump introduces the world0s first pump specifically designed for chemical processing. It would go on to establish undisputed global leadership in A+'I pump design. 1926 -acific -ump Company produces the first hot oil double casing pump. 1926 /.4. )orer receives a patent for the first inducer, which reduces the re uired +-'4. Inducers did not become incorporated into standard pump lines until the ;<C=s. 1927 Biking introduces a line of ha!ardous li uid pumps for use in the fuel oil market. 1927 Aldrich produces the first variable stroke multi.cylinder reciprocating pump. 1928 6orthington.'impson produces the world0s largest steam.driven pumping engine for municipal water supply.

1929 -leuger incorporates in $erlin, Germany. Its first offerings are submersible motor pumps for dewatering in the construction of underground railways and subways. -leuger pioneers the first successful application of submersible motor pumps in offshore service. 1929 $yron 5ackson uses the first double casing feed pump in a power plant. 1929 'tork -ompen produces the first concrete volute pump for drainage, integrating the pump housing in the civil construction of the pumping station. 1930 6hile inventing a compressor for Het engines, aviation pioneer #enE &oineau discovers that this principle could also work as a pumping system.The 8niversity of -aris awarded &oineau a doctorate of science for his thesis on (the new capsulism.* 4is pioneering dissertation laid the groundwork for the progressing cavity pump. 1933 The original version of the $ush -ump is designed as a closed.top cylinder pump. In ;<C= the design was moderni!ed. The base of the well was from then on bolted to the well casing and got its current name, The Iimbabwe $ush -ump, the +ational 'tandard for hand pumps in Iimbabwe. After Iimbabwe0s independence in ;<@=, the government creates its own moderni!ed version of the pump, $.type Iimbabwe $ush -ump. The pump is today regarded as a national
treasure. In 1997, it was pictured on a postal stamp.

1933 5.C. Gorman and 4erb #upp introduce a pump with a (non.clogging* feature. It outperforms any other self.priming centrifugal pump previously invented. The company Gorman.#upp is established. 1936 #obert 'heen invents the metering pump. The core of his invention was a method of controlled volume that was inherent to the pump. The first pumps were assembled in the basement of his father, &ilton #oy 'heen0s, home, where the initial patterns for castings were made. 1936 #obbins : &yers ac uires the +orth American license for the &oineau progressing cavity pump and brands it with the name &oyno. 1937 I)- produces the first radially split, pull.from.the.rear process pump. 1937 6orthington produces the world0s first hydraulic decoking systems. 1937-1939 'mith -recision -roducts Company 2'mith -umps3 designs three pumps, two of which 2models >== and J==3 were specifically designed for 7-.gas transfer. 1939 )urco invents Alloy J=, which is the standard industrial material for corrosive surfaces. ;<>< )orr./liver -ump Company develops the /liver )iaphragm 'lurry pump for slurry transfer. /riginally designed for mining slurry transfer with their associated acids, it developed into a -rimary 'ludge 8nderflow -ump for the wastewater industry starting in the ;<D=s after the Clean 6ater Act.

1939 'mith -recision -roducts Company develops the first li uefied gas transfer pump for 7-. gas. 1940 #euben 'mith, of 'mith -recision -roducts Company 2'mith -umps3, receives the first approval for an 7-.gas pump from the California Industrial Accident Commission. This was for the model ?K pump and the approval was a Lsuitable for useL certificate. 1941 $ritish -ump &anufacturers Association is founded. 1942 The Gorman.#upp team creates the first commercially available solids.handling trash pump to respond to the contractor0s need for a pump to withstand the considerable rigors of pumping out trash.laden septic tanks, cesspools and outhouses. 1944 )uring 6orld 6ar II, Goulds e1tra. uiet trim pumps are installed in every 8.'. +avy submarine. That year, ;FD Goulds men went to war and ;FD women took their places on the Goulds manufacturing floor. Goulds earned the prestigious Army.+avy (E* Award that year for outstanding production of war materials. 1947 %lygt0s 'i1ten Englesson, a master of engineering, develops a prototype for the first submersible drainage pump, which is later known as the (parrot cage,* or $.pump, used in mining for construction. 1948 'mith -recision -roducts Company receives the patent for the first mechanical seal supplied for li uefied gas transfer pumps. It was first put into production in ;<?D. 1949 4&) -umps invents and engineers the world0s first magnet drive pump.

1950 Banton develops the %le1.i.liner sealless self.priming rotary pump which handles corrosive, abrasive and viscous fluids as well as those that must be transferred free of product contamination. 1954 6orldGs first atomic.powered submarine is e uipped with Ingersoll.#and boiler.feed pumps and compressors. 1954 $lackmer invents and manufactures a positive displacement pump for li uefied petroleum gas 27-G3. 1954 'mith -recision -roducts Company 2'mith -umps3 begins working with the 8nderwriters 7aboratories to develop their first 'tandard for li uefied gas pumps, 87.F;, which is still in use today. 1954 6orthington produces the world0s first high speed 2<,=== rpm3 boiler feed pumps.

1955 5im 6ilden invents the air.operated double.diaphragm 2A/))3 pump technology.

In 1955, Jim Wilden invented airoperated do !le-diap"ra#m p mp te$"nolo#%& It "ad t"e ri#"t air valve and diap"ra#ms needed and 'as to #" and versatile eno #" to meet t"e strin#ent demands o( t"e minin# and "eav%-$onstr $tion ind stries& ) rin# t"e 1980s, Wilden introd $ed plasti$ *+)) p mps t"at "ave t"e a!ilit% to stand p to t"e "ars" operatin# $onditions and $orrosive media trans(erred t"ro #"o t t"e #lo!al $"emi$al mar,et& -"oto $o rtest o( Wilden&

1956 'i1ten Englesson develops for 'tenberg.%lygt A$ the submersible sewage pump, called the C.pump, with a discharge connection and level regulator. 1956 'mith : 7oveless engineer %rank 6eis develops the water industry0s first true solids handling, non.clog pump. 1957 #uhrpumpen Gmbh begins the production of process pumps under the license of -acific. 1959 Biking -ump Company launches abrasive li uid heavy.duty pumps and handles the printing ink for more than half of the maHor 8.'. newspapers. 1960s +ew lines of industrial pumps are developed by Goulds -umps, including large double suction pumps, higher pressure pumps and non.metallic pumps. In home water systems, the Het water system is improved and a complete line of submersible pumps is completed. 1960 Europump is established. 1960 )evelopment of GI6 trademark GA'ITE hard iron for longer wearing pumps and parts. 1960 4ydraulic 'lide #ule invented and copyrighted by GI6 vice president and inventor )anforth 4agler. 1962 'undstrand develops the first 'undyne high.speed centrifugal pump and sells it to 'hell Chemical. 1962 Grundfos places the first circulator pump into the market with variable speed regulation. 1964 In cooperation with German chemical companies, A'$ develops the C-A standardi!ed chemical pump series to satisfy a newly.published standard.

AboveM $lackmer sliding vane hand pumps used for the transfer of solvents by -an Am in the ;<F=s. -hoto courtest of $lackmer. $elowM &arvin and Aathryn 'ummerfield founded Cascade -ump Company in ;<?@. They are pictured here at an industry tradeshow in the early ;<F=s. -hoto courtesy of Cascade -ump Company.

1965 6arren #upp0s heavy.duty, diverse A/)) pump is introduced to the industrial market to address the vigorous demands of the steel mills and other industrial market applications. 1968 )urco produces the first fully.lined -T%E chemical processing pump. 1968 Gorman.#upp produces the first fiberglass, below.ground, factory.built sewage pumping station. 1968 The ownership of 'tenberg.%lygt A$ is transferred to the American multinational enterprise ITT 2International Telephone : Telegraph Corporation3. -rior to this transfer, 'tenberg.%lygt A$, A$ %lygts -umpar and %lygt International A$ are consolidated as a single company. 1969 &ouve1 launches the first sealless rotary pump not based on magnets. 1969 Gusher designs the D@== series for the filter : washer industry. 1970s Biking introduces spur gear line of pumps, which is the company0s largest selling /E& pump. 1970s Gorman.#upp invents the bellows.metering pump and the oscillating pump, while the &ansfield )ivision ac uires the #oto.-rime pump. 1970 'mith : 7oveless engineer %rank 6eis designs the first-ever above-grade sewage
pump lift station.

1971 Gusher develops a purge hole system that enabled pumps to handle up to >= to ?= percent entrained air. 1973 %rank 6eis pioneers the first.ever vorte1 grit removal system for wastewater treatment plants. 1973 A'$ launches the $/A.4, the first maintenance.free, standard cast iron valve. 1978 A'$ puts the $/A.6 line onto the valve market. The first soft.seated standard valve is able to cope with dirt in the fluid. 1979 Gusher develops multistage pumps for higher pressures re uired by the machine tool industry and the worlds first top pull.out pump. 1980s Biking introduces the 8niversal 'eal and Biking &ag )rive lines of internal gear pumps "both the first of their kind in the industry. 1980s Gorman.#upp unveils the nutating pump, a special purpose small pump used in health care applicationsN additional energy.efficient, self.priming centrifugal pumpsN a series of lightweight portable pumps and high.pressure pumps with the first digital.control panels. 1980s Electronic controls enter the industry to make pumps more energy efficient. 1980s GI6 develops wear modeling technology for predicting pump performance. 1984 %irst Te1as A:& -ump 8sers 'ymposium is held. 1984 'cienco produces the first speciali!ed positive displacement pumps specifically designed for agricultural applications. 1985 'ims manufactures the first structural composite pump, all 'imsite Bertical -it -ump. 'ims later won the Innovative -roduct Award for these products in ;<<=. 1989 'ier.$ath incorporates the first application of multiphase pumps in paper stock. 1990s %irst hard metal slurry pump for hydraulic transport of oil sands tallings.

1994 Two new maHor products are introduced by Goulds -umps, the Industrial &odel >J<@ &agnetic )rive -ump and the 6ater Technologies &odel G' (Global 'ubmersible.*

In 1933, J&C& .orman and /er! 0 pp introd $ed a p mp '"i$" "ad a 1non-$lo##in#1 (eat re& 2"eir $ompetitors $laimed t"e p mp 'o ld not 'or, in a sava#e p !li$ a'areness $ampai#n to dis$redit t"e ne' desi#n, '"i$" res lted in a!o t 3100,00 'ort" o( 1(ree advertisin#&1 *t least one $ stomer 'as 'illin# to tr% it& 4ational I$e Compan% p r$"ased t"e (irst p mp, and t"e $ompan% .orman-0 pp 'as esta!lis"ed& -"oto $o rtes% o( .orman0 pp Compan%&

1994 'ims receives the honor of approval from the 8nited 'tates +avy for composite centrifugal pump intervals. 'imsite was tested and ualified for centrifugal pump replacement parts and was the first composite to be certified. 1994 $aha Abulnaga invents the slurry and froth pump with a split vane impeller. The split impeller helps to reduce recirculation in slurry pumps by dividing the space between the main vanes without reducing the passageway at the narrowest point, which is the eye of the impeller. In froth pumps, it helps to break up air bubbles that form and tend to block the flow. 1995 'ims manufactures the largest structural composite pumps in the world . two 'imsite vertical turbine pumps for -otomac Electric -ower Company. They are ?= feet long and > feet in diameter. 1997 ITT Industries ac uires Goulds -umps, making ITT the world0s largest pump company. 1999 -ump'mart is introduced at the Chem'how in +ew 9ork. 2000s Computer designed 7CC rubber.lined pump introduced to the market by GI6. 2000s Innovated (slurry diverter* developed by GI6 to improve wear. 2001 %lowserve introduces its &'- 2medium speed pump3 with variable fre uency drive. 2001 A'$ presents the first LintelligentL submersible motor pump. Ama.-orter IC' is sensor. controlled and needs no float switches. 2002 'iemens 2elmo division, li uid ring pumps3 merges with +ash. 2002 'ims introduces the first structural composite vertical in.line pumps.

2003 'ims becomes the first company to have composite pumps and baseplates, shock and vibration ualified by the 8nited 'tates +avy. 2006 'ims manufactures the largest structural composite centrifugal impeller in the world. This huge impeller was installed in a cooling tower pump for -uerto #ican Electrical -ower Company. It is F= inches in diameter and consumes J,=== horsepower. 2006 Allweiler designs and produces a high.tech E&TEC.A pump designed specifically for moving emulsions and cooling lubricants. 2008 )over Corporation creates The -ump 'olutions Group, a conglomeration of 6ilden, $lackmer, &ouve1, +eptune, Almatec and Griswold pump companies. 2010 'ims designs and engineers the first structural composite anti.heeling pump manufactured for +C7 Cruise lines. 2011 ITT Corporations spins off into three separately traded companies, creating Kylem, Inc., the world0s largest water technology company. 0e(5 httpMOOwww.pump.!one.comO