Survey Data
Reg No
12314027
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Technical
Original Use
Vent pipe
In Use As
Vent pipe
Date
1890 - 1910
Coordinates
241179, 143886
Date Recorded
15/06/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron vent pipe, c.1900, comprising fluted pedestal with moulded necking having cylindrical shaft over, moulded stringcourse, and splayed saw tooth-profiled parapet. Set back from line of road on concrete footpath.
Appraisal
Supplied by the Leahy Foundry of Thurles in neighbouring County Tipperary a vent pipe remains of significance for the associations with the development of a sewage system in Callan in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. Although intended primarily as a functional piece raised elements together with a profiled parapet indicate the equal importance placed on aesthetic effects.