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Water pump in Kilballivor

Water pump
Water pump in Kilballivor
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What is recorded here

Cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, with banded shaft, fluted neck, fluted cap with finial, spout and curved pumping handle.
This cast-iron water pump makes a positive contribution to the streetscape of the Ballivor. The decorative detailing, such as the banding and fluting add artistic interest to this functional object. Water pumps played an important social and functional role in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, by providing a communal water source.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14327002

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Sherry FitzGerald Royal / MyHome.ie; photographer not stated, www.myhome.ie
  • James Allan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Malene Thyssen, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Dieglop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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