What is recorded here
Freestanding cast-iron vent pipe, erected c.1900, comprising a fluted pedestal with moulded necking, and cylindrical shaft over having splayed saw tooth-profiled parapet. Located to the northeast end of Rochfortbridge.
This vent pipe is of social significance as an historical reminder of the sanitary/sewerage system that was developed in many Irish towns and villages during the late nineteenth and the early twentieth-century . This vent pipe now forms a subtle feature in the streetscape of Rochfortbridge and is of some design merit, combining a practical function with a public statement of design quality.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 15320016
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- Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.
- MookiePlays, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sarah777 at en.wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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