Survey Data
Reg No
30818019
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
In Use As
Water pump
Date
1850 - 1890
Coordinates
205267, 289772
Date Recorded
03/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, comprising cylindrical shaft with raised horizontal banding, fluted upper section and cap with pointed finial, spout and cow's tail pumping arm.
Appraisal
This water pump exhibits artistic detailing in its design, with its elegantly-curved handle and fluted neck, cap and spout. It is a notable feature on the roadside in Dromod. Water pumps played an important social and functional role in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, by a providing communal water source.