Survey Data
Reg No
41400425
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
Date
1865 - 1875
Coordinates
270405, 346670
Date Recorded
28/03/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, having banded shaft, fluted domed cap and neck, pointed finial, ram's head bucket grip and fluting to spout, curved cow's tail handle. Set on cast-iron base, covering well. Rendered surrounding wall now removed.
Appraisal
This attractive water pump exhibits artistic detailing in its design, which serves to 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 of Mullan, this water pump makes a positive contribution to the local streetscape.