Vent pipe in Monasterevin, County Kildare

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What is recorded here

Freestanding cast-iron vent pipe, c.1880, comprising fluted pedestal with inscription, moulded necking and cylindrical shaft over having moulded necking. Now disused. Road fronted on grass verge.

This vent pipe, which is now disused, is of social and historical importance, attesting to the late nineteenth-century sewage system built in Monasterevin. The pipe now forms a subtle feature on the streetscape, and items of street furniture such as this are often overlooked by the passer-by.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11816112

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