The Fowler Monument in South Park
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The Fowler Monument in South Park
Image: © Stanley Howe Taken: 7 Apr 2006
This memorial plinth once (pre-1970) supported a 'steam plough', the invention in 1856 of a son-in-law of Joseph Pease named John Fowler. See http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=20021014_95162601 . The monument was originally on the Pierremont Estate, but was moved to South Park in 1870. Bank Top station clock can be seen in the distance, to the NE of the monument.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.515279
Longitude
-1.559429