The first Metropolitan Drinking Fountain, erected in Holborn in 1859. In wall of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate

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Text (legible in photograph) reads, around the arch: 'THE GIFT OF SAML GURNEY MP 1859'. On the back of the fountain: 'The first / Metropolitan / Public Drinking / Fountain / erected on / Holborn Hill / in 1859 and / removed when the / Viaduct was / constructed / 1867'. Beneath is the inscription: 'REPLACE THE CUP'.

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Size: 3824px × 5736px
Location: Holborn, London, England, UK
Photo credit: © UrbanImages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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