VERTICAL & HORIZONTAL PUMPS FOR INDUSTRIAL, RECREATIONAL AND MUNICIPAL APPLICATIONS
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ENTER TODAYGusher Pumps builds everything from highly specialized single pumps to high quantity custom-engineered pump orders. Our range of industrial pumps represents one of the largest selection of centrifugal pumps available from a single manufacturer
Models include close-coupled pumps, end suction pumps, immersed pumps, self-priming pumps, vortex pumps, sludge pumps, multi-stage pumps, and full cantilever pumps. Both vertical pumps and horizontal pumps are available to suit installation and application requirements.
A 100 Year History of Gusher Pumps
Gusher Pumps is the flagship brand of the Ruthman Companies, a family-owned business that has been building industrial pumps for over 100 years. The Cincinnati-based Ruthman Machinery Company was co-founded in 1912 by brothers Edward and Alois Ruthman to service steamboats travelling the Ohio River.
The company quickly expanded their manufacturing beyond steamboat parts to a variety of parts for presses, dies and machinery. In 1924, Alois Ruthman designed the world’s first sealless centrifugal pump. While ‘Geyser’ was initially considered, Alois felt this pioneering pump needed a more forceful name, and the very first “Gusher” brand pump was born. At the same time, Alois coined the term ‘coolant pump’, which is widely used across the pump industry to this day.
