Water Pump

Ballyginny, Council not recorded, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation: Record only (not listed)
Grade: Record Only
Type: Pump
Date of construction: 1900 - 1919
Address: Water Pump, Dundrum Road, Maghera, Newcastle, Co. Down
Townland: Ballyginny
Council: Council not recorded
Country: Northern Ireland
Date of survey: 15 July 1995
HB reference: HB18/13/094

This record in the Department's Historic Buildings Record ↗

The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A standard cow tail closed head lever pump with plain shaped spirally decorated column and a fluted cap with an acorn finial. Inscribed Riddels Ltd Belfast (plumber) around the head. The pump is in poor condition - handle missing.

Historical information

Inscribed in the period 1903-1930 when Riddels were in business. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump No. 34.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

An incomplete cow tailed water pump that has now lost its original setting after a replacement dwelling has been constructed,.

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