New Eltham

LocationEast side of Green Lane just south of the junction with Footscray Road (and just north of the corner with Clare Green).
Side inscriptionMETROPOLITAN
DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH
ASSOCIATION
Side inscriptionMETROPOLITAN
DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH
ASSOCIATION
Front inscription
End inscription
MDFCTA number????
Type and sizeTrough 1d 9ft 6in granite
Original location????
Date erected
CommentsI can't match this trough with any in the MDFCTA records. Does anyone know where it was before being moved to its present location? This is possibly MDFCTA structure [1047] which was located at the junction of Eltham, Sidcup and Chislehurst Roads. On page-15 of "Eltham in Old Photographs", collected by John Kennett, there is a photo of this trough. The caption explains the trough at Clare Corner was removed in 1966. It was discovered in a Greenwich council yard and put back on The Green as a flower planeter in 1987.