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发动机，确保发动机运行完好和泵有效抽。

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.

·霍桑时在瓦已被公爵提升为工程师，他在纽布恩煤矿搭建了泵机，老·斯蒂芬森担任司炉，他的儿子乔治了一名机械师或电源操作工。