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Pump No. 2

Ballyeaston, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland

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Designation
Listed building, Grade B2
Grade
B2
Type
Pump
Date of listing
11 September 2007
Date of construction
1900 - 1919
Address
Pump No. 2, 9 The Village, Ballyeaston, Larne, Co. Antrim
Townland
Ballyeaston
Council
Antrim and Newtownabbey
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.77214, -5.99878
Date of survey
15 September 1995
HB reference
HB21/04/010 B

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1891 "Ireland 16" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A closed head lever type pump with a plain column and cap. It is inscribed with a flag logo (denoting manufacture by Lee Howl & Co, Tipton, England), 'Made in England' and 3"". It is a paragon cistern pump. It is mounted on the wall beside the back door of No 9 The Village, Ballyeaston.

Historical information

Not on either the 1902 or 1921 OS 25 inch maps (PRONI Ref OS 10/1/45/11/1 and 2) but the omission may be due to domestic usage and lack of prominence. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 50.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
C. Ornamentation

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance
Z. Rarity

Evaluation

A cast iron water pump in its original position at the house that it was erected to supply. This is an intact example of a now rare feature that is a direct link to the past when it required effort to obtain drinking water.

Nearby in the register

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

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