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Water pump in Oldcastle

Water pump
Water pump in Oldcastle
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Water pump in Oldcastle is an iron pump disguised inside a single piece of timber. A respectable attempt at being a tree, spoiled by the handle. Trees are notoriously reluctant to help with the washing.

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Cast-iron water pump with timber casing, erected c.1870, with nozzle and handle. Casing is hewn from a single piece of timber. Now disused.
This is a very unusual pump with a vernacular design. Nineteenth-century street furniture is becoming increasingly rare in Ireland.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14306083

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; John M, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; James Fergusson, after E. Conwell, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; Haydn Hammerton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Bill Griffiths, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Alvesgaspar, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0; Sitomon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Richard Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; P Webb, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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