Water pump in Killeenerk, County Westmeath

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Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1875, comprising banded cylindrical shaft with fluted head having fluted spout, ‘cow tail’ curvilinear handle, and shallow domed cap over. Now out of use. Located adjacent to road and surrounded on three sides by rendered concrete boundary wall. Drain to…

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A typical late nineteenth-century water pump, of a simpler design than is more commonly encountered in rural Westmeath. Water pumps played an important social role in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries by providing a communal water source before the development of mains water supply. This cast-iron pump now serves as an attractive piece of street furniture, aesthetically enhancing the rural landscape.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 15401720

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