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Description: | This bronze plaque commemorates the move in 1899 of the old
Ilford parish water pump from Ilford Broadway, close to Ilford
station, to the new Central Park, later renamed Valentines Park.
The plaque is cast with the names of Councillors and Officers
of Ilford Urban District Council. The pump was taken for scrap
in March 1942 for the War effort but the plaque was kept by the
Borough Engineer.
The pump was erected in 1887 to commemorate
the 50th year of Queen Victoria's reign and replaced an earlier
one. It may have been moved in 1899 as Ilford developed and new
pavements created. During the nineteenth century, these
municipal water pumps provided clean water for drinking, washing
and cooking. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Redbridge Museum | Rights holder: | Redbridge Museum | Subjects: | Leisure Public Services Cityscape | Temporal: | 1899 | Source: | Redbridge Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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