Survey Data

Reg No

11323011


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Artistic, Technical


Original Use

Water pump


Date

1915 - 1935


Coordinates

321685, 254415


Date Recorded

02/08/2000


Date Updated

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Description

Freestanding cast-iron "cow tail" waterpump, c.1925, on a square plan with panelled shaft on panelled pedestal having acorn finial-topped fluted capping. Now disused. Street fronted. NOTE: The waterpump, supplied by Tonge and Taggart (established 1869) of Dublin and distinguished by an acorn finial handgrip, carries the emblem of Balrothery Rural District Council (established 1898; abolished 1925) and the "Déanta I nÉirinn" emblem created (1907) by the Irish Industrial Development Association and the first trademark registered in Ireland under the Industrial and Commercial Property (Protection) Act, 1927.