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Water pump in Knockadorraghy

Water pump
Water pump in Knockadorraghy
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The Water pump in Knockadorraghy puts a ‘cow tail’ handle on a roadside corner beside a concrete wall. It looks like a magician got halfway through passing a cow through solid concrete and decided that would do.

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Freestanding cast-iron "cow tail" waterpump, ----. Now disused. Road fronted on a corner site with mass-concrete boundary wall to perimeter.
A "cow tail" waterpump representing an interesting example of mass-produced cast-iron work making a pleasing, if largely inconspicuous visual statement in a rural street scene.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 31309027

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; colwynboy, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; JohnArmagh, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Maker named on the Wikimedia Commons picture page · Public domain

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