Blackfriars Bridge
BY THE
METROPOLITAN
FREE
DRINKING
FOUNTAINS
ASSOCIATION
SAML GURNEY ESQ M.P.
CHAIRMAN
JULY
1861
| |
|---|---|
| Location | East side of the north end of Blackfriars Bridge |
| Inscription | ERECTED BY THE METROPOLITAN FREE DRINKING FOUNTAINS ASSOCIATION SAML GURNEY ESQ M.P. CHAIRMAN JULY 1861 |
| MDFCTA number | 0006 & 1847 |
| Type and size | Fountain and dog trough design 113, granite and bronze |
| Original location | West of Royal Exchange (moved to Blackfriars Bridge in 1911) |
| Date erected | July 1861 (moved to Blackfriars Bridge 9 March 1911) |
| Comments | The gift of Mr. S. Gurney MP July 1861. Cost £400.0.0. Removed during the construction of the Central London Railway Station (Bank station) and re-erected 1900. Removed in 1911 to Blackfriars Bridge. In 1987 two copies were made of the bronze figure "Temperance". One to Wolfson College Cambridge; the other to J.E. Mills Chairman of the Drinking Fountain Association. |
| Reference(s) | Troughs & Drinking Fountains, Philip Davies: P-24, P-49 |