Bailbridge Water Fountain, Middleton Town Centre
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Bailbridge Water Fountain, Middleton Town Centre
Image: © Mick Garratt Taken: 25 Jun 2005
Erected in 1877 at a cost of £35 by a local lead mine manager. Its recent restoration cost £12,000 and was funded with the help of a European grant. I am informed that the manager was Robert W Bainbridge of the London Lead Mining Co. The cost was raised from subscriptions raised by his staff of this popular manager and he unveiled it at his retiral on 28 September 1877.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.624609
Longitude
-2.0867