Survey Data

Reg No

30338008


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Artistic, Social, Technical


Original Use

Water pump


In Use As

Water pump


Date

1850 - 1890


Coordinates

190720, 216422


Date Recorded

05/08/2009


Date Updated

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Description

Cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, with banded and fluted shaft and cap and bucket shelf to base. Recently added tap.

Appraisal

This cast-iron water pump, located on a main approach road to the town of Eyrecourt, would have once functioned as a communal water source. Made by the Shannon Foundry, Limerick.