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Water pump in Curraghnalaght

Water pump
Water pump in Curraghnalaght
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Cast-iron water pump, erected c.1880, comprising banded shaft, fluted neck and dome cap with cow tail handle. Set within square-plan concrete enclosure with rendered enclosing walls.
Located on the road side, this pump once played an important social role in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, providing a communal water source. Typical of its time, it exhibits fine design detailing.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20906227

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Joseph Mischyshyn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Daniel J Hastings, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Gerd Eichmann, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; abdallahh from Montréal, Canada, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0; Anna Maria 4574, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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