Survey Data
Reg No
14325008
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
In Use As
Water pump
Date
1850 - 1890
Coordinates
272723, 258143
Date Recorded
18/06/2002
Date Updated
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Description
Cast-iron water pump, c.1870, with banded shaft, curved handle, fluted neck and fluted cap with finial. Modern trough to front.
Appraisal
This cast-iron waterpump makes a positive contribution to the streetscape in Kildalkey. The decorative detailing, such as the banding and fluting add artistic interest to this functional object. Waterpumps played an important social and functional role in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, by providing a communal water source.