Water pump in Ballyporeen, County Tipperary

What is recorded here

Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c. 1870, having fluted neck and domed finial, banded cylindrical shaft, long straight handle with knob end, foliate detail to junction of neck and spout and with ram's head bucket grip to spout. Set on rubble sandstone plinth.

This water pump exhibits artistic detailing in its design, with an elegant long handle, banded shaft, fluted head and finial enlivening a functional object. Water pumps once played an important social and functional role in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries providing a communal water source. Situated prominently on Main Street, it serves today as a reminder of this era and adds visual interest to the streetscape of Ballyporeen.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 22124007

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
liam murphy, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Martin Richard Phelan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
john salter, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
A copy of this photograph is owned by National Library of Ireland and can be viewed here [1], Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Miguel Angel Masegosa Martínez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Mike Searle, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0