2024

TQ0752 : Functioning drinking trough

taken 3 years ago, near to West Horsley, Surrey, England

Functioning drinking trough
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.

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Hugh Craddock and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
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 LinkExternal link.

Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Primary Subject: Fountain other tags: Cattle Trough Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Drinking Trough [5] ·
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
+
+
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
Grid Square
TQ0752, 107 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Hugh Craddock   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 7 January, 2024   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 0788 5229 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:15.5745N 0:27.3197W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 0787 5229
View Direction
East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
Clickable map
+
NW N NE
W Go E
SW S SE
Image Type (about): geograph 
This page has been viewed about 87 times