Embankment pump

An embankment pump, connectable to a prime mover having a substantially horizontally oriented prime power source, positionable on the top of an embankment of a body of water comprising:

• an elongated tubular conduit, said tubular conduit having an inlet portion submergeable in a body of water;
• a riser portion fluidly connected to said inlet portion, said riser portion angled upward in an acute angle from said inlet portion to said riser portion to raise fluid flow from said inlet portion to an outlet portion over said top of an embankment of a body of water;
• at least one outlet portion fluidly connected to said riser portion,
• a frame connected to said conduit,
• at least one wheel rotatable connected to said frame,
• a drive shaft housing means connected beneath a portion of said tubular conduit by a plurality of vertical support members, said drive shaft housing means for providing penetration of the top of said embankment, said drive shaft housing means partially encloses a support bearing housing a drive shaft during penetration of said embankment allowing unhindered rotation of said drive shaft when embedded in said embankment;
• said support bearing attached to said tubular conduit by support members;
• the drive shaft having a first end and a second end, said drive shaft rotatably mounted within said support bearing, said first end connected to said prime power source, said second end connected to an impeller, said drive shaft insertable into said tubular conduit maintaining said first end at a generally horizontal position to said prime power source when said inlet portion is submerged in a body of water and said riser portion and drive shaft housing means is positioned astride an embankment of said body of water,
• the impeller, rotatably mounted within said conduit and operably connected to said second end of said drive shaft;
• said drive shaft housing means embedded in said embankment while said inlet portion is submerged in a body of water and said first end at a generally horizontal position to said prime power source, centerlines of said inlet portion, said riser portion and said outlet portion having relative angular displacements less in degrees from the horizontal than a single straight portion placed on top of said embankment.