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Water pump in Birdhill

Water pump
Water pump in Birdhill
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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.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 22403105

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Oliver Dixon, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0; Discover Lough Derg, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Garry Dickinson, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; SirGarick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; David P Howard, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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