Survey Data
Reg No
22826012
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
In Use As
Water pump
Date
1900 - 1920
Coordinates
212783, 84226
Date Recorded
11/09/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron waterpump, c.1910, comprising fluted shaft with moulded necking having spout, and originally with fluted ogee-dome capping having acorn finial. Capping now missing. Sited at junction of two roads.
Appraisal
An attractive waterpump, which remains in use, and which represents an important artefact in early-surviving, mass-produced cast-iron ware. The raised details throughout, now diminished as a result of the loss of some fittings, identify the artistic design quality of the composition that elevates the piece beyond the merely functional. The waterpump is of special significance as a reminder of the mechanisms installed for the provision of clean drinking water in the period before mains water systems.