The duty of the plugman was to watch the engine and to see that it kept well in work, and that the pumps were efficient in drawing the water.

电源操作工的责任就是看护，确保运行完好和水泵有效抽水。

A pumping-engine was erected there by Robert Hawthorn, now the Duke's engineer at Walbottle ;and old Stephenson went to work it as fireman, his son George acting as the engineman or plugman.

罗伯特·霍桑时在瓦堡特尔已被公爵提升为工程师，他在纽布恩建了水泵，老罗伯特·斯蒂芬森担任司炉，他的儿子乔治了一名械师或电源操作工。