Drinking Fountain
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Drinking Fountain by Anne Burgess as part of the Geograph project.
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Drinking Fountain
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 31 Aug 2010
The inscription on the elaborate canopy reads, "Presented by Mrs McLagan of Pumpherston in commemoration of the opening of the Bathgate Water Works, 30th May 1878". Nowadays, of course, health and safety policy dictates that the fountain is purely ornamental.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.90118
Longitude
-3.641224
