Survey Data
Reg No
31803001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
Date
1830 - 1870
Coordinates
191222, 311254
Date Recorded
30/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Cast-iron water pump, erected c.1850, now disused. Comprising fluted neck, cap and spout with horizontal bands to shaft. Decorative pointed finial and curved pumping arm.
Appraisal
Water pumps played an important social role in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by providing a communal water source. This cast-iron pump now serves as an attractive piece of street furniture, aesthetically enhancing the streetscape of Keadew. The decorative detailing, such as the banding and fluting adds artistic interest to this once functional object.