Water pump in Crowpark, County Meath

What is recorded here

Water pump in Crowpark served horses on the road into Trim, with a grand fluted cap over the proceedings. A trough would have done, but this looks like it would ask the horse whether he’d booked.

Cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, with pumping arm and fluted cap.

This well designed cast-iron water pump retains its gracefully curved pumping arm and has deep fluting to the cap. It is located on one of the main routes into Trim and would have originally served to allow horses to drink on the way into or out of the town.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 14328078

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National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Billy Irwin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
John M, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Dieglop, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kieran Campbell, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Ronnie Nijboer, Wikimedia Commons · CC0
Roger Culos, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
William Murphy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Neil Forrester, Co.Meath, Ireland. http://neil.forrester.ie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0