Survey Data
Reg No
41306013
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
Date
1860 - 1880
Coordinates
264468, 319081
Date Recorded
01/10/2011
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870. Now disused. Cylindrical shaft with raised horizontal banding, fluted upper section with spout having ram's head bucket grip, fluted domed cap with finial and cow's-tail handle. Illegible foundry mark cast to centre of shaft. Set on concrete plinth in green area between Church of Ireland and Presbyterian church. Later hydrant immediately to west.
Appraisal
This water pump exhibits artistic cast detailing in its design and in particular its cow's-tail pump handle, which enliven this otherwise functional object. Water pumps such as this played an important social and functional role in nineteenth and twentieth-century Ireland, providing a communal water source for the locality. Centrally located within the village, this water pump is of technical interest whilst also making a positive contribution to the local streetscape.