What is recorded here

Freestanding cast-iron water pump, installed c.1870. Banded cylindrical shaft with embossed maker's mark, domed fluted cap and banded spout with plain bucket grip and curved cow tail handle.

A fine water pump displaying artistic detail in its functional design including an elegantly curved handle, fluted cap and banded spout. It is a good example of the high standard of design was achieved with cast-iron during the nineteenth century. Pumps such as this one once played an important functional and social role in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, providing a communal water source in the absence of mains supply.

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