Survey Data
Reg No
13401340
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
In Use As
Water pump
Date
1870 - 1900
Coordinates
205254, 271264
Date Recorded
26/08/2005
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c. 1885. Comprising banded shaft with fluting to spout, fluted cap with final and with curved pumping arm. Set on concrete base adjacent to rural road. Located to the south end of the former settlement at Cloonbrock, and to the south of Cloondara.
Appraisal
A typical late nineteenth-century water pump, of a standard design encountered throughout rural Longford. This attractive cast-iron water pump is located in its original position in the small settlement of Cloonbrock and would have once acted as a communal water source. The banding and fluting are well executed and along with the elegantly curved handle, add artistic interest to this utilitarian object. Although the area is now served by the mains water supply, this pump is well maintained by the local people and still functions. This cast-iron pump now serves as an attractive piece of street furniture, aesthetically enhancing the rural landscape to the south of Cloondara