Survey Data
Reg No
40303004
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
In Use As
Water pump
Date
1900 - 1920
Coordinates
267601, 296948
Date Recorded
31/07/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, c.1910, comprising fluted shaft and former spout to front, moulded necking with recent tap, and fluted domed cap with acorn finial. Still in use. Set on concrete plinth on pavement.
Appraisal
This water hydrant is of historical and technical interest, dating to a period before domestic water supply, when clean drinking water was provided at a communal source. This example on Adelaide Street survives as one of two in the locality, its counterpart located on Main Street. The water hydrant is an excellent example of the high quality design of mass produced cast-iron in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.