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Pump

Townparks of Magherafelt, Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Pump, Townparks of Magherafelt, Mid Ulster, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade B2
Grade
B2
Type
Pump
Date of listing
4 July 1983
Date of construction
1880 - 1899
Address
Pump, Outside library at, 6 Church Street, Magherafelt
Townland
Townparks of Magherafelt
Council
Mid Ulster
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.75645, -6.60710
Date of survey
01 May 1993
HB reference
HB08/15/011

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Scotland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Rotary type pump with undecorated splay shaped column. When surveyed in 1993 only the column remained. It was inscribed ‘J Scott Junr/Plumber/Cookstown’ When visited in 1996 the pump had been removed. It was subsequentlty repaired and positioned outside the public library

Historical information

Pump cited here on the 1906 OS 25 inch map (PRONI OS 10/5/42/13/1) when the location was known as Pump Street. The Provincial directory notes W.J. Scott as a plumber in Union Street, Cookstown from 1890 (possibly 1885). He moved to James Street in 1913, where he traded as W.J. Scott & Son, plumbers, heating and electrical engineers until the 1990s. Further particulars in EHS Report ‘Water pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey’ by Fred Hamond, January 1997, Pump No 6.

Repaired and moved to its current location ouside the public library post 1996

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
K. Group value

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance
X. Local Interest
Z. Rarity

Evaluation

Rotary pumps of this type are now rare and this pump is a lasting reminder of the times when people has to use the town pump for drinking water.

General comments

This pump was originally situated on King Street , but it had been neglected and had lost its top. The pump was then repaired and replaced in the current prominent position outside the Library.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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