What is recorded here

Cast-iron water pump, c.1870, with banded cylindrical shaft, fluted domed cap with pointed finial, fluted spout with plain bucket grip and curved cow's tail pumping handle. Inscribed 'John Collins Ltd. Shop Street. Drogheda'

This water pump exhibits artistic detail in its design, with its elegantly curved handle and fluted cap and spout. It is now positioned as the focus of a semi-circular rubble stone setting. It illustrates the high standard of industrial design achieved in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Water pumps played an important social and functional role in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, by providing a communal water source.

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