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Water pump in Ballycastle

Water pump
Water pump in Ballycastle
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Water pump in Ballycastle came from Kilmarnock and was already here in 1917. It's retired now, after a career of giving away water. A Scotsman in Mayo who never charged for a round: there's a character the old jokes weren't ready for.

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Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, extant 1917. Now disused. Street fronted on tarmacadam footpath.
A water hydrant supplied by Glenfield and Kennedy (established 1852) of Kilmarnock representing an interesting example of mass-produced cast-iron work making a pleasing, if largely inconspicuous visual statement in a rural village street scene.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 31201009

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Alex McGregor, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; N Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Bob Embleton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Chris-from-mayo, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Phonohan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Edward S. Siebert, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Steve Edge, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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