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water tower — Ballybay

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water tower — Ballybay
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Freestanding square-plan railway water tower, built c.1880. Red brick walls laid in English bond, surmounted by concrete water-tank with date '1921'. Round-arch window openings with red brick voussoirs, multiple-pane cast-iron windows, and limestone sills. Square-headed door opening with concrete lintel, having round-arch window above. Fixed wrought-iron access ladder to south elevation. Water supply pump mechanism from Drumore River immediately to west of tower at buttress walls to railway bridge. Tower located north-west of Ballybay town centre, west of former Ballybay railway station.

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