What is recorded here
Cast-iron water pump, c.1870, with banded shaft, curved handle, fluted neck and fluted cap with finial. Set within rendered walls with concrete base and drain.
This cast-iron water pump makes a positive contribution to the streetscape in Skreen. The decorative detailing, such as the banding and fluting add artistic interest to this functional object. Waterpumps played an important social and functional role in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, by providing a communal water source.
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