Metropolitan drinking fountain and cattle trough association item
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Metropolitan drinking fountain and cattle trough association item
Image: © Neil Owen Taken: 1 Feb 2024
It was a drive to provide good drinking water for the public that saw parliamentarian and philanthropist, Samuel Gurney, and barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield, found the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association in 1859. With an inclusion for animal users, it later changed its name to the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Initially, the movement was aimed at the rapidly-expanding but poorly-provisioned suburbs of London. Free and healthy drinking water became a well-received gift to many and the fountains were installed in many places. This particular example now stands in a small green space in Glastonbury, although probably removed from the capital. See Image] for a location view.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.143209
Longitude
-2.716267