Stranraer (click on photograph to bring up bigger/better version).

[Thanks to Robert Malcolm for all the photos.]

stranraer, 2015
At the junction of Lewis St and Sun St, Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway. It carries an inscription: stranraer, 2015

stranraer
stranraer, 2015
THIS WELL
PRESENTED
TO THE
INHABITANTS OF STRANRAER
BY
John McWilliam
BLACKSMITH
13th January 1875.
Markings: None other reported.

Manufacturer: Apparently John McWilliam, who owned the forge in Sun St, although others have suggested that it was supplied by George Smith's Sun Foundry, Glasgow.

The old photo on the right shows the pump before its renovation, reportedly at the junction of Sun St and Dalrymple St.

stranraer, 2014 At a farm on the outskirts of Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway.

Markings: Lion.


Manufacturer: Joseph Evans.

stranraer, 2014 At the same farm, Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway, this pump has a repair at the fulcrum.

Markings: A very indistinct "THE XXXX PUMP" on the barrel, where XXXX might be PARK or possibly PARRY".

Manufacturer: Unk.
stranraer, 2014

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