Survey Data
Reg No
22403105
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
Date
1860 - 1880
Coordinates
170470, 168494
Date Recorded
26/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Cast-iron water pump, c.1870, with banded cylindrical shaft, fluted domed cap with pointed finial, fluted spout with plain bucket grip and curved cow's tail pumping handle. Inscribed 'John Collins Ltd. Shop Street. Drogheda'
Appraisal
This water pump exhibits artistic detail in its design, with its elegantly curved handle and fluted cap and spout. It is now positioned as the focus of a semi-circular rubble stone setting. It illustrates the high standard of industrial design achieved in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Water pumps played an important social and functional role in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, by providing a communal water source.