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gate.35 Completed in 1867, the house was supplied with water from the river by a ram pump. The pump was installed in a pit close to the river and pumped the water to a lead-lined wooden tank in the mansion until 1991.36 Plate 9 is a view from the front, or wastewater side, of the ram pump, which still exists. The air chamber is 34 inches (86 cm) high and nearly 9 inches (23 cm) in diameter. A supply pipe, of 3-inch (8-cm) bore, enters the bottom of the pump at the rear of the air chamber casing. This is at the floor of the pit, 36 inches (91 cm) below ground level. This supply pipe runs for some distance up the river to obtain a sufficient head of water to operate the pump. The feed connection for the pipe to the house is of 1-inch (25-mm) bore. The casing bears the legend reproduced in plate 9. Manufactured in cast-iron, the ram pump is in very good condition
Plate 9. Turlough ram pump and plate.
Source. Author's photograph of ram pump and reproduction of attached plate at Turlough Park, County. Mayo.