Elswick Park Drinking Fountain
Introduction
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Elswick Park Drinking Fountain
Image: © Andrew Curtis Taken: 11 Mar 2010
Erected in 1881 to commemorate the role of six Newcastle men who secured Elswick Park until the Corporation bought it for use by the public. Inscribed with the words: "THEY SAVED THIS PARK/ FOR PUBLIC USE/ FOR HEALTH BEAUTY/ AND HAPPINESS/ TO ELEVATE MAN/ AND HONOUR GOD" and "JOS COWEN/ THOS FOSTER/ THOS GRAY/ THOS HODGKIN/ WM SMITH/ WM H STEPHENSON" and "ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1881". Tyne and Wear HER (10318): Elswick Park, drinking fountain http://www.twsitelines.info
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Image Location
Latitude
54.967125
Longitude
-1.64119
