Water pump in Rathnamuddagh, County Westmeath

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Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1890, comprising banded cylindrical shaft with fluted head having fluted spout, and ‘cow tail’ curvilinear handle. Original fluted ogee-dome cap with finial now missing. Surrounded by low modern rubble limestone wall, open to the south. Located adjacent to rural junction to…

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A typical late nineteenth-century water pump, of a standard design encountered throughout rural Westmeath. Water pumps played an important social role in the late nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries by providing a communal water source before the development of mains water supply. Water pumps were frequently located close to rural road junctions, as is the case with this example at Dysart. This cast-iron pump now serves as an attractive piece of street furniture, aesthetically enhancing the rural landscape to the southwest of Mullingar.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 15402539

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