Survey Data

Reg No

14402405


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Social, Technical


Original Use

Water pump


Date

1860 - 1880


Coordinates

282765, 268192


Date Recorded

22/01/2003


Date Updated

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Description

Cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, with broken pumping arm. Manufacturer's mark visible on shaft.

Appraisal

This cast-iron water pump makes a positive contribution to the grouping of buildings within Ardbraccan Demesne. This functional object played an important social and functional role in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, by providing a communal water source.