Water pump in Kilteel Lower, County Kildare

What is recorded here

Water pump in Kilteel Lower has stood back from the road since 1909 with its cow-tail handle. It looks a proper village character until you discover it was mass-produced. The scandal: it’s been passing itself off as a local for over a century.

Freestanding cast-iron "cow tail" waterpump, installed 1909. Now disused. Set back from line of road.

A "cow tail" waterpump representing an interesting example of mass-produced cast-iron work making a pleasing, if largely inconspicuous visual statement in a semi-rural street scene.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 11902004

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Bogman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Hamish Bain, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
瑞丽江的河水, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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originally uploaded to the English Wikipedia by w:User:Jtdirl, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain