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Water pump in Thomastown

Water pump
Water pump in Thomastown
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Water pump in Thomastown holds its elegantly curved handle beside a rubble-and-concrete wall like a ballroom dancer offering an arm. The wall hasn't accepted. Seventy more years of this and the parish will start asking about their intentions.

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Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c. 1870, with banded shaft, fluted neck and cap with finial. Curved handle. Set back from road having rubble and concrete wall to site.
This water pump exhibits artistic detailing in its design, with an elegantly curved handle, banded shaft and finial. It is an interesting and notable feature on the roadscape and offers a reminder of a time before domestic running water.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 21904708

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Adareman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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