Drinking fountain, Blackhill and Consett Park
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Drinking fountain, Blackhill and Consett Park by Oliver Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Drinking fountain, Blackhill and Consett Park
Image: © Oliver Dixon Taken: 28 Feb 2014
This large attractive public park was gifted to the community by the Consett Iron Company in 1891 as a contribution to the well being of its workers. It included a number of fine Victorian features including this drinking fountain. The noticeboard displays a photograph of the fountain as originally installed, which included a cherubic figure holding a water jug; the figure was restored in 2004 as shown in another photograph, but has subsequently disappeared/been removed.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
54.857106
Longitude
-1.838748