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Waterpump

Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Waterpump, Ards and North Down, 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
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Pump
Date of construction
1880 - 1899
Address
Waterpump, Behind 77 Balfour Street, Newtownards, Co Down
Council
Ards and North Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.59742, -5.69978
Date of survey
15 August 1995
HB reference
HB24/10/013

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1866 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1866 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A cow tail closed head lever pump with a plain un-enbellished head and a fluted cap. It is situated in the alleyway behind this terrace of houses.

Historical information

Shown on the 1901 25 inch OS map along with 6 others behind this terrace (PRONI REF OS 10/3/6/9/1). No pumps are shown on the 1920 or 1939 editions of this map. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 40.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

A water pump in fairly poor condition that has had its original setting degraded.

Nearby in the register

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

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