What is recorded here
Cast-iron water pump, c.1870, with foundry mark, banded shaft, fluted neck, cap, finial and spout, and curved pumping handle.
The decorative detailing, such as the banding and fluting, provide artistic detailing to this functional water pump. Water pumps played an important social and functional role from the mid nineteenth century onward, providing a communal water source in the village.
From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14340013
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- Computer-made picture. It does not show this playground.
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this monument.
- Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
- Computer-made picture. It does not show this walking route.
- Ronnie Nijboer, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
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