Restored Sleaford Water Fountain
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Restored Sleaford Water Fountain
Image: © Ian Paterson Taken: 19 Dec 2019
After over £40,000 worth of work on this neglected structure (see Image), the Sleaford and District Civic Trust via the Bristol Water Fountain (BWF) Restoration Project has restored the fountain, from which potable water can again be obtained, after a gap of 92 years, at the press of a button. The carved inscription reads "In memory of Frederick William sixth Earl and second Marquis of Bristol, by a few of his Lincolnshire tenants erected in the year of our Lord 1874". The 'business end' of the fountain comprises a cast iron front inscribed "T KENNEDY PATENTEE" "KILMARNOCK". (Well they do say that Scotland has the best 'watter'!)
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Image Location
Latitude
52.999333
Longitude
-0.410056