Survey Data
Reg No
14326002
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
Date
1850 - 1890
Coordinates
296215, 259890
Date Recorded
19/06/2002
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. Set within rendered walls with concrete base and drain.
Appraisal
This cast-iron water pump makes a positive contribution to the streetscape in Skreen. 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.