Water pump in Abbeylands, County Limerick

What is recorded here

Water pump in Abbeylands has retired from supplying water but still wears an acorn on its head. A bold choice: stop doing the one useful thing you did, then dress as a promise of future growth.

Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c. 1900. Now disused. Comprising fluted cylindrical shaft, fluted domed cap with acorn finial and spout.

This water pump is a notable piece of street furniture within the town and would once have provided a necessary communal water source for the people of Rathkeale. The fluting and acorn finial add artistic interest to enliven the utilitarian object.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21831040

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
Created by Kglavin Modified Aug 2007 by Mike Christie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Roger McLachlan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Vadim Manuylov, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0