Survey Data
Reg No
40401423
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
In Use As
Water trough
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
229420, 313626
Date Recorded
10/07/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1880. Circular-profile banded shaft, wider fluted head with gadrooned domed cap, and spike pinnacle. Spout with raised rim and projecting bucket lip, cow-tailed handle pivoted on lug projecting from one side of head. Secured on concrete slab with metal railing to three sides.
Appraisal
This water pump is an interesting part of the social history of Carn, set at a road junction that was once surrounded by several houses and a school, none of which survive but can be seen on historical maps. It recalls the period before mains water supply, when drinking water was supplied to the public at a communal source, the locations of which became places of social interaction in the surrounding communities. It is simple but elegant in design and is an excellent example of the high quality design and execution of cast-iron in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.