Survey Data
Reg No
15402519
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
In Use As
Water pump
Date
1870 - 1910
Coordinates
231460, 248597
Date Recorded
30/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1890, comprising banded cylindrical shaft with fluted head having fluted spout, ‘cow tail’ curvilinear handle, and fluted ogee-dome cap with finial over. Set on cement rendered platform with drain to the north. Bounded by rubble limestone wall, open to the street frontage (north). Located to the south side of the road through Loughanavally.
Appraisal
A typical late nineteenth-century water pump, of a standard design encountered throughout rural Westmeath. Water pumps played an important social role in the late nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries by providing a communal water source before the development of mains water supply. This cast-iron pump now serves as an attractive piece of street furniture, aesthetically enhancing the village of Loughanavally.