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The Power of Water Is In Your Hands
Quality construction by skilled
craftsman
Superior performance for a lifetime
investment
Customizable for your application
Bison Pumps®
It’s Time to Play the Natural Way—Bison Pumps
Welcome to Bison Pumps®
Since 1999, Bison Pumps has been providing customers
with durable and affordable hand water pumps. Bison
Pumps are designed and manufactured to provide years
of dependable, uninterrupted access to water.
Typically, our pumps have been called functional and
elegant; now they are referred to as educational, fun,
and an environmental resource.
When you purchase a Bison Pump for your next play-
ground, recreational park or learning center, consider a
Bison Pump. You are guaranteed a great teaching tool,
loads of fun, and a lifetime of satisfying performance for
people (and dogs) of all ages.
Bison Pumps - Water Well Done!
Phone: 800-339-2601
Fax: 207-521-0242
E-mail: info@bisonpumps.com
Www.bisonpumps.com
BISON PUMPS®
PO Box 977
Houlton, ME 04730
Picture on Cover: Credit to JMMDS @ jmmds.com
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Educational and Environmental Resource
The Bison Pump is making a big splash in Australia. This installation
by Nature’s Playground features the Bison Shallow Well Hand Pump.
When asked about this particular installation, this was the reply:
“We used two shallow underground reservoirs connected together.
One under the pump and the other at the end of the creek bed.
Their purpose is to recycle the water. We hard piped float valves to a
main’s water supply to ensure the reservoirs never run out of water.
We set the level and the floats maintain the water height.
The creek bed was built using local river stones and concreted into
position to form a hard water run. This client now has one of these in
each of his 5 day care centers.
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Houston Sabine Water Pump Station
Houston Arts Alliance
“The sixty-foot tall structure of 12- 8- and 4-inch
steel pipes with amber and blue beacons on top
stands inside the restricted grounds of the Sabine
Water Pump Station. It is a much bigger, slightly
more elaborate version of other pipe structures
located on the Pump Station grounds. One pipe, like
the branch of a large tree, leaves the Pump Station
property, passes over the Pump Station fence and
ends with a showerhead twenty-five feet overhead
in Buffalo Bayou Park.
On the ground below the showerhead is an eight-
foot diameter stainless steel drain cover and a
contemporary version of an old-fashioned manual
well pump. As one pushes down on the pump
handle water rains down from the shower head
twenty-five feet above. Simultaneously, and as a
result of pumping water through the pipes, orange
and blue twin beacons on top of the structure flash,
signaling people as far away as downtown that
another person has doused themselves with a
refreshing, albeit brief, shower.”
Commissioned by the the Houston Arts Alliance for the City of Houston Sabine
Water Pump Station. Project Management and Digital Fabrication: Metalab,
Houston, TX
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Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio
Heritage Museums and Gardens—“Hidden Hollow”
“Kids love tree stumps..., stepping-stones, and old-
fashioned water hand-pumps. It’s important not to
keep the garden too perfectly manicured, and it’s
just not essential to spend a lot of money.”
- JMMDS Blog
We always knew hand pumps and kids go together
like peanut butter and jelly. Our customers love to
send us pictures of their kids with their new Bison
Pump. They include stories of how they remember
pumping one as a child. A hand pump is a timeless
treasure which can be used for its intended
purpose of providing life giving water, but may also
be incorporated in any setting to teach and provide
hours of fun and imagination.
Photo (bottom): Credit to Julie Moir Messervy Design Studio @ jmmds.com
Photo (above): Credit to heritagemuseumandgardens.org
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The Bison Playground Pump Kit is designed for
playgrounds and educational learning centers. The
Bison shallow well hand pump is mounted on a
storage tank which is connected to a pressurized
water line.
MODELS
Standard: one-piece shallow well hand pump with
10” diameter tank
Utility: utility shallow well hand pump with 8”
diameter tank
PRODUCT COMPOSITION
Hand pump and tank is 304 stainless steel
Internal parts are non-corrosive materials; neoprene
and buna rubbers, acetal plastic, bronze, and nylon
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Standard tank: 5.25 gallon capacity
Ht = 30” Wt = 65 lbs Tank Diameter = 10”
Utility tank: 3.4 gallon capacity
Ht = 30” Wt = 48 lbs Tank Diameter = 8”
See spec sheets on hand pumps on page 9
PRODUCT FEATURES
Hand polished, stainless steel finish
Port holes for water shutoff and drain plug
Float valve to refill tank
Bolted blank cover for winterization
Customization available upon request
Bison Pumps ® Playground Pump Kit
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
The Bison Shallow Well One-Piece and Utility Hand Pump are suction lift pumps for static
water levels less than 25 vertical feet and up to 300 +/- horizontal feet.
PRODUCT COMPOSITION
Hand pump is 304 stainless steel. Internal parts are non-corrosive materials; neoprene
and buna rubbers, acetal plastic, bronze, and nylon
PRODUCT FEATURES
Hand polished, stainless steel finish
Self-priming and no routine maintenance
Child-proof to eliminate pinch points and rounded pail hook
3-position handle
Customization available upon request
One-Piece and Utility Hand Pump
ONE-PIECE PUMP
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Ht = 24” Wt = 25 lbs
Body Diameter = 2 3/4”
Inlet connection: 2” FNPT
Spout connection: 3/4” hose bibb
Handle: 24”
UTILITY PUMP
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Ht = 22” Wt = 22 lbs
Body Diameter = 2”
Inlet connection: 1 ¼” FNPT
Spout connection: 1/2” FNPT
Handle: 24”
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Mr. Harbison,
It is hard to believe that it has been 5 years this summer since we
installed your wonderful Bison Pumps. I was sending information
about your pumps to some parks folks in Florida and just wanted
to thank you for building a better mouse trap (pumps). We have
only done preventive maintenance on the pumps and have had
no problems with them.
I sent your Web Site to my Florida folks and was surprised not to
see your custom pumps (dog bone handle) not shown. Parks &
Recreation folks would enjoy seeing what you have done for us.
Wayne
Facilities Specialist
Kent County Levy Court
Division of Parks & Recreation
Dover, Delaware
Bison Pumps ® Dog Park
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Water Education in Singapore
This hand pump is a custom shallow well hand pump designed for this
application in Singapore. It was designed to be 35” tall for a
comfortable pumping height. The purpose is demonstrate the power of
water. The water is drawn from a canal below the street. As you pump
the hand pump, the water, which is piped from the spout, powers the
water wheel.
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Come to www.bisonpumps.com for:
Instructional videos
Product information
Installation guides
Blogs and helpful links
Testimonials and pictures
Newsletter sign-up
A Choice of Finishes
People love our hand-polished stainless steel hand pumps. But for those who
crave a little color or desire to make a statement, we offer epoxy-coating and
water transfer printing.
