A multistage pump according to the present invention has a plurality of
intermediate casings (2) formed by press-forming a steel plate. The
intermediate casing has a cylindrical side portion (21), a stage flat
portion (23) with which an axial end face of an adjacent intermediate
casing is held in contact, a stage side portion (24) extending axially
from the stage flat portion, and a bottom portion (25) extending radially
inward from the stage side portion. A relief plate (30) having an outer
circumferential end face which is held in contact with an inner surface
of a cylindrical side portion of the adjacent intermediate casing is
attached to the bottom portion of the intermediate casing. The relief
plate, the stage side portion, the stage flat portion, and the inner
surface of the cylindrical side portion of the adjacent intermediate
casing form a space in which an O-ring (40) is fitted.