H is for HAND PUMP - are manually operated pumps; they use human power and mechanical advantage to move fluids or air from one place to another. They are widely used in every country in the world for a variety of industrial, marine, irrigation and leisure activities. There are many different types of hand pump available, mainly operating on a piston, diaphragm or rotary vane principle with a check valve on the entry and exit ports to the chamber operating in opposing directions. Most hand pumps have plungers or reciprocating pistons, and are positive displacement.
Many of the buildings that were in Billings , were made of sandstone, and back in early 1900, most of those stones were quarried in this area, and the place that made them was on this corner next to this hand water pump. i can't imagine the work it took back then to make those huge stones, and remember that was back before automobiles, when everything was hauled with horse and wagons, and no power tools. this area is roughly 5 miles from the town,. if you happen to be in RENFRO\MILLER Museum, they have some of equipment used at this quarry. and that museum, was made from the stone made here, by hand.