2024
TQ0752 : Functioning drinking trough
taken 3 years ago, near to West Horsley, Surrey, England
Functioning drinking trough
This trough was erected in 1909 (see
TQ0752 : Drinking trough for the inscription at the bottom end), and astonishingly, is still functioning, with a working valve and water supply, and a bottom pan for dogs and wildlife. The trough is becoming a little encroached upon by brambles growing over the adjacent fence.
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association (provided by Ian Capper)
The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association was founded in 1859 initially to provide clean drinking water in public places for people in London, but soon extended to include animals and also outside London itself. It is still active (now known as The Drinking Fountain Association), with the objectives of:
• The promotion of the provision of drinking water for people and animals in the United Kingdom and Overseas
• The preservation of the Association's archive materials, artefacts, drinking fountains, cattle troughs and other installations.
For full details of its history, see Link
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