What is recorded here

Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1885, comprising banded cylindrical shaft with fluted head having plain spout and ‘cow tail’ curvilinear handle. Cap now missing. Set on concrete plinth and surrounded by cement rendered boundary wall on three sides (open to road). Set back from road, just to the southwest of Sonna Roman Catholic chapel (15401827).

This appealing feature in the landscape represents an important early-surviving artifact in mass-produced cast-iron ware. The raised elements enhance the artistic quality of the piece, while the curvilinear 'cow-tail' handle in particular is an elegant feature of its design. The water pump is of particular importance as evidence of the mechanisms installed for the provision of clean drinking water in the period before mains water systems.

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