What is recorded here
Cast-iron water pump, c.1870, with banded cylindrical shaft, fluted neck, fluted spout with ram's head bucket grip, fluted cap with pointed finial and cow's tail pumping handle. Set in rubble limestone walled enclosure.
This cast-iron water pump makes a positive contribution to the streetscape in Dovea. The decorative detailing, such as the banding and fluting add artistic interest to this functional object. 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 22403508
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