Prince of Wales Park: drinking fountain

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Prince of Wales Park: drinking fountain

Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 16 Nov 2021

The fountain was given to the public by the Total Abstainers of Bingley in 1866, presumably to encourage people to slake their thirst with water rather than beer or gin. It happens to be virtually on top of the Nidd Aqueduct that runs through the park, but as that was only constructed from 1893 onwards and is untreated reservoir water of very high acidity, I presume that's just a coincidence and the fountain was supplied with either mains water or a pure spring.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.856823
Longitude
-1.828017