Metropolitan Drinking Trough, Batts Hill, Reigate, Surrey. UK
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AngelPick
N 51° 14.730 W 000° 11.219
30U E 696327 N 5680885
A standard example of a Metropolitan Drinking Trough, at a surprisingly busy junction.
Waymark Code: WMJ5XJ
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/29/2013
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A nice example that is now a flowerbed. Found at the junction of Batts Hill and Croydon Road.
A few words on this association (taken from Wikipedia):
The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association was an association set up in London by Samuel Gurney an MP and philanthropist and Edward Thomas Wakefield, a barrister in 1859 to provide free drinking water. Originally called the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association it changed its name to include cattle troughs in 1867, to also support animal welfare.
Full inscription on roadside of trough:
METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION
The full address is:
Batts Hill/Croydon Road, Reigate, Surrey.
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