Old drinking fountain, Toll Green
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Old drinking fountain, Toll Green
Image: © kim traynor Taken: 7 Nov 2013
A rather peculiar looking piece of Victoriana in the shape of a public drinking fountain made by George Smith & Co. at the Sun Foundry in Glasgow in 1869. http://www.glasgowsculpture.com/pg_biography.php?sub=smith_g-co It is the only example of this design still in existence.
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Image Location
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56.19045
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-2.818193